[ACPI] Re: 2.6.3-rc3 (and possibly earlier 2.6): weird hang and oopses

[Alessandro S. <ale...@or...>]

Len Brown wrote:
> Alessandro,
> Sure looks like a failure in the ACPI processor driver.
 >
> Please confirm your system is otherwise happy when you disable the
> processor driver.  eg. CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=n
 >
> Also, it would be helpful to know if this failure started recently or
> you saw it in previous releases, b/c we've made some changes to the
> processor driver recently.

Will run from now for a couple of weeks with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=n;
  I checked my logs and noticed my first hang happened with 2.6.2, but
  so far I only experienced the problem twice since Feb 6.

I just now noticed that in /var/log I have the full Oops traces
  (until I Alt-SysRq'd out of it), so I'm attaching them; would you
  please take a further look and confirm this is _only_ an ACPI-related
  issue ?

messages.gz is 2.6.3-rc3, messages.2.gz is 2.6.2 vanilla.

> thanks,
> -Len
> 
> ps. acp...@li... is the preferred alias to send
> Linux ACPI issues -- it includes lin...@in... which is a small
> sub-set.

OK, thanks for the info, will do next time.

> On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 17:47, Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> 
>>[CC:ing linux-acpi since some acpi stuff appears in backtraces]
>>
>>While apparently doing nothing special (possibly a 'rm' on a
>>  regular ext3 filesystem) my laptop hung. Not completely, as
>>  I could
>>
>>  * switch virtual desktops within Ximian Desktop 2
>>  * click on the kill window top right button, see the "app is
>>     not responding, kill it anyway ?" dialog, say ok, see the
>>     gnome-terminal vanish
>>  * Alt-Fn to virtual consoles, type a login name (but getting
>>     no prompt for the password - this hung)
>>  * Alt-SysRq

Many thanks,

--alessandro

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