Foxconn New BIOS Fixes Linux Crashes
A recent press briefing explains different Linux related bugs in the Motherboards that are manufactured by Foxconn. The trouble prone area is AMI BIOS that several board makers use. Foxconn is the first vendor out with a publicly released test patch that fixes the bulk of the problems. The patch allows kernel 2.6.26 to run well on the G33M series.
The patch fixes the following problems
- Fans resume to proper speed from resume after getting suspended.
- PC successfully reboots after being suspended.
- PC restarts much faster.
- PC does not crash randomly.
- PC hibernates and wakes up from hibernation properly.
- Does not complain about error reinitializing the Serial ATA controller.
Source: Digg
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