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

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Message-ID: <d120d5000612060659s575f4f0ao8eda18d5aa208d1d@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:59:14 -0500
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Alan J. Wylie" <alan@...ie.me.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

On 12/6/06, Alan J. Wylie <alan@...ie.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:13 +0100, Bernd Prager <bernd@...ger.ws> 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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