linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.25-rc0 (#2)

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:17:43 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.25-rc0 (#2)


* Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk> wrote:

> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> > > * Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > Len Brown (6):
> > > >       ACPI: add newline to printk
> > > >       ACPI: build WMI on X86 only
> > > >       acer-wmi, tc1100-wmi: select ACPI_WMI
> > >
> > > hm, this new WMI code caused a bootup crash in the overnight x86.git
> > > tests:
> 
> I suspect this is a problem on systems without ACPI-WMI in the DSDT - though I 
> can't reproduce this here on my other box that lacks ACPI-WMI.
> 
> Ingo, can you try the patch below and see if this cures it?
> ---
> ACPI: WMI: Fix crash on WMI free systems

no, it does not help - see the attached .config and the crash.log. 

(triggered this crash after about 80 randconfig bootups, 7 of which had 
WMI enabled - so the chance for the crash is about 1:10 on a WMI enabled 
kernel.)

	Ingo

View attachment "config" of type "text/plain" (51659 bytes)

View attachment "crash.log" of type "text/plain" (80848 bytes)