(cc restored. Please always do reply-to-all) (linux-acpi cc added) On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:00:41 +0200 "tx tox" <t0mc4t1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12 Lip 2006, 00:41, Eric Cooper <e...@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > When I try toboota 2.6.17 kernel compiled forSMP(hyperthreading), > > it hangs early in thebootsequence (after printing "FreeingSMP > > alternatives"). The issue seems to be an interaction between a > > USB-storage device (an empty flash card reader built into the > > monitor) andACPI. > > > > It boots fine if I do any one of these: > > - physically disconnect theUSBdevice > > - disableUSBsupport in the BIOS > > -bootwithacpi=ht > > but none of these is completely satisfactory. > > > > I'll happily supply more details, run tests, etc. if anyone is > > interested in looking at this. Thanks, and please CC me if you > > respond. > > > > -- > > Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u > > > I have exactly the same problem > This happens whenever i boot machine with reader on > or usbstick plugged in. > It happens with newer kernels as well. > It is little bit annoying to reset machine just because i forgot > to switch off the printer which has card reader equipped ;) > some goofing with printks suggests ACPI as a place whenre it freezes. > But i got no proof for that. > Any suggestions are welcome. Could you both please test 2.6.22 (or 2.6.23, soon) and if the bug is still present, raise a report against acpi at bugzilla.kernel.org? We'd be particularly internested in knowing if any earlier 2.6 kernel worked OK and if so, which version(s). Thanks. - 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
