On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 15:02 +0000, Peter Clifton wrote: > [ loading ipw3945 module via modprobe ] > ... > [ Detects ] > [ Prints module copyright ] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.00[A] -> GSI16 (level,low) -> IRQ 169 > ipw3945: Detected .... 3945ABG .... > BUG: Soft lockup ... CPU#0 > > <c01481cf> softlockup_tick+0x9f/0xf0 <c012bee1> update_process_times > +0x31/0x80 > > <c0114d13> smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x53/0x60 <c010413c> > apic_timer_interrupt+0x1c/0x30 > > <f8a240f7> ipw_bg_alive_start+0x67/0xa0 [ipw3945] <c0132702> > run_workqueue+0x72/0xf0 > > <f8a24090> ipw_bg_alive_start+0x0/0xa0 [ipw3945] <c01331d0> > worker_thread+0x0/0x140 > > <c0135f8b> kthread+0xab/0xe0 <c0135ee0> ktherad+0x0/0e0 > > <c0101005> kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10 > > > Hope that helps cast some light on the problem.. Never-mind.. looks like it has been discovered elsewhere.. http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1096 I'm not sure why it only happens on battery though. Thanks for your help. Peter Clifton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html