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[Bernd Eggink <monoped@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Fisher schrieb:
> Yes I am using it in arch x86_64 and it works fine, with the following 
> caveat:
>
> I couldn't get the acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" kernel param to work with 
> the default kernel. The kernel itself seemed to be OK with it (i.e. it 
> did actually fix the speed mode LED and turned the nvidia card on), but 
> once it hit arch's initramfs it would kernel panic complaining about an 
> invalid variable 2006".
>
> I tried many combinations of acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2006\" 
> acpi_osi=!Windows\ 2006 "acpi_osi=!Windows 2006" etc, and all of them 
> produced the error/panic at the same spot.
>
> I built a custom kernel that didn't require an initramfs and that solved 
> this issue for me.

You could also try setting this option as a built-in kernel option (make 
menuconfig: Processor type and features /  Built-in kernel command line).

Regards,
Bernd

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