From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269309AbUJFRPx (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:15:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269320AbUJFRPx (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:15:53 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:16555 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269309AbUJFRPh (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:15:37 -0400 Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.9-rc3, i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042 From: Alan Cox To: Ronald Moesbergen Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <4161A2C1.8000901@hccnet.nl> References: <4161A2C1.8000901@hccnet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1097079186.29255.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:13:07 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2004-10-04 at 20:21, Ronald Moesbergen wrote: > Hi, > > Since 2.6.9-rc3 (I tested rc3-bk3 also) on 3 out of 10 boots my PS/2 > keyboard is dead and 'i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042' > shows up in my logfile. Google found this: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109463125415432&w=2 > > which suggests to add i8042.noacpi=1 to my boot parameters, but > unfortunately that doesn't help, the kernel doesn't even recognize this > option. Reverting back to 2.6.9-rc2 fixes it. The machine is a P4 3Ghz > HT, E7205 chipset, ASUS P4P8X board. For E7xxx systems you need to disable USB legacy support in the BIOS because SMM only works on the boot processor. There is a patch to automate it in 2.6.8.1-ac you can also borrow