Bjorn Helgaas (on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:54:30 -0600) wrote: >get_kbd_char() in arch/ia64/kdb/kdba_io.c does "inb(KBD_STATUS_REG)". > >But we don't know whether there's even an i8042 keyboard controller >present. On HP ia64 boxes, there is no i8042, and trying to read >from it can cause an MCA. > >This depends on the specific platform and how it is configured. I >observed this MCA while booting the SLES10 install kernel on an >HP rx7620 in "default" acpiconfig mode. The supported acpiconfig >mode on this box is "single-pci-domain", which also puts some >legacy ports into "soft-fail" mode, where the read will just return >0xff instead of causing an MCA. But I think it's wrong to blindly >poke around in I/O port space. No support for legacy I/O ports could be a bigger problem than just KDB. To fix just KDB, apply this patch over kdb-v4.4-2.6.18-common-1 and add 'kdb_skip_keyboard' to the boot command line on the offending hardware. --- arch/ia64/kdb/kdba_io.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/arch/ia64/kdb/kdba_io.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/ia64/kdb/kdba_io.c +++ linux/arch/ia64/kdb/kdba_io.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #else #undef KDB_BLINK_LED #endif +static int kdb_skip_keyboard; #ifdef CONFIG_KDB_USB struct kdb_usb_exchange kdb_usb_infos; @@ -334,7 +335,8 @@ static int get_kbd_char(void) if (kbd_exists == 0) return -1; - if (inb(KBD_STATUS_REG) == 0xff && inb(KBD_DATA_REG) == 0xff) { + if (kdb_skip_keyboard || + (inb(KBD_STATUS_REG) == 0xff && inb(KBD_DATA_REG) == 0xff)) { kbd_exists = 0; return -1; } @@ -561,3 +563,14 @@ get_char_func poll_funcs[] = { void kdba_local_arch_setup(void) {} void kdba_local_arch_cleanup(void) {} + +/* Some hardware gets an MCA instead of returning 0xff when we read + * KBD_STATUS_REG. If these systems boot a kernel with CONFIG_VT=y then they + * need to add 'kdb_skip_keyboard' to the boot line. + */ +static int __init kdb_skip_keyboard_setup(char * str) +{ + kdb_skip_keyboard = 1; + return 1; +} +__setup("kdb_skip_keyboard", kdb_skip_keyboard_setup); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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