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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.9-rc3, i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042
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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:13:07PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Llu, 2004-10-04 at 20:21, Ronald Moesbergen wrote:
> > 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

Same problem on a Dell Dimension 8250. However I couldn't find an option
on the BIOS to disable usb legacy support. 

The only thing that worked was booting with 'acpi=off'.

Jan