aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFedja Beader <fedja@protonmail.ch>2018-10-26 15:34:53 +0200
committerFedja Beader <fedja@protonmail.ch>2018-11-03 02:25:59 +0100
commitc379c1c47f2e6aee1e7d7cc9eee8c929d52f6e3e (patch)
treed880365294ced3dca03aac52ff6096c5ccc67b42
parent197a3fd2819313ede154baa622934f7a63ff71e9 (diff)
downloadlibrebootfr-c379c1c47f2e6aee1e7d7cc9eee8c929d52f6e3e.tar.gz
librebootfr-c379c1c47f2e6aee1e7d7cc9eee8c929d52f6e3e.zip
Add information about panics/freezes on some *00 laptops.
-rw-r--r--www/faq.md15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/www/faq.md b/www/faq.md
index 7fcc8ddd..272283e4 100644
--- a/www/faq.md
+++ b/www/faq.md
@@ -214,6 +214,21 @@ the target (`target$`):
6. Try to reproduce the kernel panic.
+Machine check exceptions on some Montevina (Penryn CPU) laptops
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Some GM45 laptops have been freezing or experiencing a kernel panic
+(blinking caps lock LED and totaly unresponsive machine, sometimes followed
+by an automatic reboot within 30 seconds).
+We do not know what the problem(s) is(are), but a CPU microcode
+update in some cases prevents this from happening again.
+See the following bug reports for more info:
+
+- [T400 Machine check: Processor context corrupt](https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues/493)
+- [X200 Machine check: Processor context corrupt](https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues/289)
+
+- [Unrelated, RAM incompatibility and suspend-to-ram issues on X200](https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/x200.html#ram_s3_microcode)
+
Hardware compatibility
======================