linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far

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Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:04:48 -0400
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	"Maxim Levitsky" <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Len Brown" <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far

On 3/16/07, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> Yes, this is probably caused by SMM code trying to emulate a PS/2
> keyboard from a (maybe connected or not) USB keyboard. Unfortunately we
> have no way to disable this BIOS misfeature in the early boot process.

https://mail.rtai.org/pipermail/rtai/2003-March/002949.html

http://www.embeddedrelated.com/usenet/embedded/show/50333-1.php

I think CONFIG_TRY_TO_DISABLE_SMI would be excellent for debugging,
not to mention people trying to spec out hardware for RT
applications...

Lee
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