Re: can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On 12/6/06, Alan J. Wylie <alan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:13 +0100, Bernd Prager <bernd@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> > I'm trying to upgrade to kernel 1.6.19.  The boot process immediatly
> > locks in a loop with the message: "atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on
> > isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware
> > directly."
>
> The above message is a result of the keyboard LEDs being flashed after
> a failed boot.
>
> See my posting
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/5/239
> with a patch to suppress these repeated messages, so you can see what
> the real problem is.

You actually don't need a patch - just boot with i8042.panicblink=0.
This issue (messages) is properly fixed in input tree.

--
Dmitry
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