This has been fixed by the commit below which was included in v2.6.31-rc1. This formed the base of the 2.6.31-1.13 ubuntu kernel. Therefore I am marking this Fix Released for karmic.
commit 35a7c64fbc77bab4ca8ae477e8ab278ccd679ce2 Author: Zhang Rui <email address hidden> Date: Mon Jun 22 11:31:17 2009 +0800
ACPI: DMI to disable Vista compatibility on some Sony laptops
Linux claims Vista compatibility to the BIOS for a number of reasons, but this brings hard lockup on some Sony laptops.
Disable Vista compatibility via DMI for these laptops unless we can figure out what Vista is doing for this platform. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12904
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <email address hidden> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <email address hidden>
This has been fixed by the commit below which was included in v2.6.31-rc1. This formed the base of the 2.6.31-1.13 ubuntu kernel. Therefore I am marking this Fix Released for karmic.
commit 35a7c64fbc77bab 4ca8ae477e8ab27 8ccd679ce2
Author: Zhang Rui <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Jun 22 11:31:17 2009 +0800
ACPI: DMI to disable Vista compatibility on some Sony laptops
Linux claims Vista compatibility to the BIOS for a number of
reasons, but this brings hard lockup on some Sony laptops.
Disable Vista compatibility via DMI for these laptops unless bugzilla. kernel. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=12904
we can figure out what Vista is doing for this platform.
http://
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <email address hidden>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <email address hidden>