Bug 725435 - APEI: disable EINJ parameter support by default
Summary: APEI: disable EINJ parameter support by default
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Don Zickus
QA Contact: Evan McNabb
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: 722932 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 670197
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Reported: 2011-07-25 13:40 UTC by Don Zickus
Modified: 2018-12-02 17:06 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-180.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 13:54:09 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1530 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 01:45:35 UTC

Description Don Zickus 2011-07-25 13:40:44 UTC 
Description of problem:

Parameter support for EINJ is not in the ACPI4 spec, but some vendors include it anyway for the BIOS.  However, this breaks some spec compliant boxes.

Disable parameter support unless explicit enabled on the commandline.

Posted upstream recently.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/20/35

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Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-07-25 14:00:20 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 4 Don Zickus 2011-07-25 15:18:54 UTC 
*** Bug 722932 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-08-06 16:10:15 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-180.el6
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 13:54:09 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1530.html
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