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

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Date:	Wed, 6 Dec 2006 08:01:05 +0000
From:	alan@...ie.me.uk (Alan J. Wylie)
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

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.

-- 
Alan J. Wylie                                          http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
  -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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