From: Andi Kleen Try this (untested) patch (2.6 version untested, I tested a similar patch on the 2.4 backport of ACPI): 25-akpm/arch/i386/pci/acpi.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/i386/pci/acpi.c~acpi_off-fix arch/i386/pci/acpi.c --- 25/arch/i386/pci/acpi.c~acpi_off-fix Tue Sep 9 12:12:00 2003 +++ 25-akpm/arch/i386/pci/acpi.c Tue Sep 9 12:12:00 2003 @@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ struct pci_bus * __devinit pci_acpi_scan static int __init pci_acpi_init(void) { + extern int acpi_disabled; if (pcibios_scanned) return 0; - if (!(pci_probe & PCI_NO_ACPI_ROUTING)) { + if (!(pci_probe & PCI_NO_ACPI_ROUTING) && !acpi_disabled) { if (!acpi_pci_irq_init()) { printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing\n"); printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or even 'acpi=off'\n"); _