Re: 2.6.21-rc2 regression vs. 2.6.20: AT keyboard only works with pci=noacpi

["Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On 3/7/07, Ash Milsted <thatistosayiseenem@gawab.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:00:04 +0000
> Ash Milsted <thatistosayiseenem@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:23:50 +0000
> > Ash Milsted <thatistosayiseenem@gawab.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:14:24 +0000
> > > Ash Milsted <thatistosayiseenem@gawab.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > With 2.6.21-rc2-git1 I have a problem with my ps/2 port keyboard - it only works
> > > > with one of the following on the command-line:
> > > >  - nolapic
> > > >  - irqfixup
> > > >  - pci=noacpi
> > > > Otherwise it gets stuck with the numlock on.
> > > > The following options have no effect:
> > > >  - nohz=off (who knows eh?)
> > > >  - pci=nomsi
> > > >
> > snip
> > > >
> > > > Ash
> > >
> > > Just checked 2.6.21-rc2-mm1, still has the problem.
> > > Also, acpi=noirq fixes it too.
> > > To clarify, the problem is that my ps/2 port keyboard is completely frozen
> > > on boot - usually it gets activated when udev probes for hardware (my kernel
> > > config is highly modular). It worked fine with 2.6.20 and earlier with acpi
> > > taking care of interrupt routing.
> > >
> > > Ash
> >
> > Any thoughts on this? It still occurs with 2.6.21-rc3. Here's my config
> > in case that helps. You'll see that I have swap-prefetch patched in (I
> > also have RDSL and some VM changes in there), but I have confirmed that
> > the problem occurs with no extra patches. By the way, I tested mm1 with
> > a rather different config (I used my distro package) and still saw the
> > problem.
> >
> > Also, you should probably ignore that bit above where I suggest the
> > keyboard driver is being loaded as a module, because of course it
> > isn't.. Yet it does start responding (with pci=noacpi) at about that
> > time that udev does its thing.
> >
> schnip
>
> So, I tracked this down to 2.6.21-git7, the first snapshot that gives me
> this problem. Tellingly it does contain an input tree merge. I would git bisect
> but I don't have a local copy of the tree - I tried to get one, but it stopped
> halfway through the clone, probably because I had to use http... So, I hope that
> helps.
>

Hm, that is strange... 2.6.20-rc7 has i8042 AUX IRQ delivery test fix
and fix for panic blink, both shoudl not really affect your keyboard.
Can I please get full dmesg of boot with "i8042.debug
log_buf_len=131072"?

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Dmitry