linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.24.1 - kernel does not boot; IRQ trouble?

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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:41:54 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Chris Rankin <rankincj@...oo.com>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.24.1 - kernel does not boot; IRQ trouble?

--- Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> wrote:
> Greg,
> it seems that:
>   arch/x86/pci/legacy.c :: pci_legacy_init()
> 
> tries to create already created "bridge" symlinks in 2.6.24. So we
> discover the same devices twice? Can this be a reason for the hang?

No, it can't be because it's *not* hanging in this configuration :-). It hangs when I *don't* add
the acpi=noirq option, whereas here it's just adding noise to the dmesg log. (I'm guessing Linux
doesn't call pci_legacy_init() when ACPI takes charge of the IRQs.)

Cheers,
Chris



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