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can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

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Bernd Prager

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Dec 5, 2006, 5:53:37 PM12/5/06
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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 box is running fine with kernel 1.6.18.4.

It's an iDEQ200V box with a BioStar motherboar, VIA KM400 + VT8237 chipset.
Here's my BIOS information based on dmidecode:

BIOS Information
Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version: 6.00 PG
Release Date: 08/19/2003
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 512 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/360 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported

( .. more info available if useful ..)

Did anybody discovered similar issues or have any ideas on how to solve that?

Thanks for any help,
-- Bernd


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Bernd Prager

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Dec 5, 2006, 8:22:21 PM12/5/06
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Based on the email "xtables/iptables and atkbd.c Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0" from jak...@gmail.com I checked my configuration. And yes, I have CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES=m and CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m as well.

JAK anon

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Dec 5, 2006, 10:15:03 PM12/5/06
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>Based on the email "xtables/iptables and atkbd.c Spurious ACK on
isa0060/serio0" from >jak...@gmail.com I checked my configuration.
And yes, I have >CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES=m and
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m as well.

>-- Bernd

If you try a recompile without xtables and iptables,will everything
work? I'm hoping the next patch will resolve this issue.

Alan J. Wylie

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Dec 6, 2006, 3:01:45 AM12/6/06
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On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:13 +0100, Bernd Prager <be...@prager.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

Dmitry Torokhov

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Dec 6, 2006, 9:59:49 AM12/6/06
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On 12/6/06, Alan J. Wylie <al...@wylie.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:13 +0100, Bernd Prager <be...@prager.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.
>

You actually don't need a patch - just boot with i8042.panicblink=0.
This issue (messages) is properly fixed in input tree.

--
Dmitry

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