Brown, Len wrote:
>>>[  279.662960]  [<c02d5c74>] wait_for_completion+0xa4/0x110
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> possibly a missing interrupt?
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>>CONFIG_ACPI=y
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> any difference if booted with "acpi=off" or "acpi=noirq"?

Yes.  In both cases, the system appears to boot normally but I'm unable 
to login or connect via ssh.  Also there's a "device not ready" message 
after the scsi initialization which I don't normally see.  I've attached 
the scsi initialization output.  The PF_NETLINK error messages after the 
login prompt in this output are created whenever I try to log in or 
connect via ssh.

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

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