The latest git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git#test kills my very vanilla P4 box. Without: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay pnp: PnP ACPI init pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP SCSI subsystem initialized PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report pnp: 00:02: ioport range 0x400-0x47f could not be reserved pnp: 00:02: ioport range 0x500-0x53f has been reserved pnp: 00:02: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0 IO window: disabled. MEM window: fc900000-fe9fffff PREFETCH window: e4500000-f46fffff PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0 IO window: d000-dfff MEM window: fea00000-feafffff PREFETCH window: f4700000-f47fffff With: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled PnPBIOS: Scanning system for PnP BIOS support... PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f2500 PnPBIOS: PnP BIOS version 1.0, entry 0xf0000:0x1e2a, dseg 0xf0000 PnPBIOS: 18 nodes reported by PnP BIOS; 18 recorded by driver SCSI subsystem initialized PCI: Probing PCI hardware PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO PCI quirk: region 0500-053f claimed by ICH4 GPIO PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX/ICH [8086/2440] at 0000:00:1f.0 PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 1! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 2! PCI BIOS passed nonexistent PCI bus 0! pnp: 00:09: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved pnp: 00:09: ioport range 0xcf8-0xcff has been reserved pnp: 00:0b: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0 IO window: disabled. MEM window: fc900000-fe9fffff PREFETCH window: e4500000-f46fffff PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0 IO window: d000-dfff MEM window: fea00000-feafffff PREFETCH window: f4700000-f47fffff NET: Registered protocol family 2 So I'll temporarily drop that patch, along with the enormous shower of still-unmerged other acpi patches which are probably dependent upon it. A swift fix would be really appreciated... The above bug appears to trigger a scsi or sym2 bug. With git-acpi.patch present I get sym0: <895> rev 0x2 at pci 0000:02:0c.0 irq 9 sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-40, SE, parity checking sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi0 : sym-2.2.3 target0:0:0: Multiple LUNs disabled in NVRAM 0:0:0:0: ABORT operation started. 0:0:0:0: ABORT operation timed-out. 0:0:0:0: DEVICE RESET operation started. 0:0:0:0: DEVICE RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:0:0: BUS RESET operation started. 0:0:0:0: BUS RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:0:0: HOST RESET operation started. sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. 0:0:0:0: HOST RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery 0:0:1:0: ABORT operation started. 0:0:1:0: ABORT operation timed-out. 0:0:1:0: DEVICE RESET operation started. 0:0:1:0: DEVICE RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:1:0: BUS RESET operation started. 0:0:1:0: BUS RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:1:0: HOST RESET operation started. sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. 0:0:1:0: HOST RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:1:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery 0:0:2:0: ABORT operation started. 0:0:2:0: ABORT operation timed-out. 0:0:2:0: DEVICE RESET operation started. 0:0:2:0: DEVICE RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:2:0: BUS RESET operation started. 0:0:2:0: BUS RESET operation timed-out. 0:0:2:0: HOST RESET operation started. sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. ad infinitum. How come? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html