linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.25-rc1] System no longer powers off after shutdown

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Message-Id: <20080212235442.005aea9e.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:54:42 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.25-rc1] System no longer powers off after shutdown

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:45:09 +0100 Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote:

> Symptom is that the system shuts down normally and completely, it just does 
> not power off.

I've been struggling with an identically-manifesting regression on one of
my test machines for a week.  It's due to softlockup changes, and setting
CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP=n "fixes" it.

It sounds unlikely, but I'd suggest that you see if it's the same on your
machine so we're not both chasing the same bug.

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