Re: commit a802dd0e breaks console keyboard input

From: w41ter
Date: Fri Oct 24 2008 - 08:53:26 EST




On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Heiko Carstens wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 05:09:24PM -0700, walt wrote:
> > Hi team,
> >
> > commit a802dd0eb5fc97a50cf1abb1f788a8f6cc5db635
> > Author: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon Oct 13 23:50:08 2008 +0200
> >
> > Call init_workqueues before pre smp initcalls.
> >
> > This commit causes the console login prompt to ignore my keystrokes
> > so I'm unable to log in (though ssh works fine). Oddly, if I hit
> > ctrl-alt-delete the machine does reboot, but no other keystrokes
> > appear on the screen or have any effect that I can detect.
> >
> > No surprise that this problem appears only on my dual-core amd64
> > machine, while the k7 single processor machine works normally.
> >
> > I've not seen anyone else complaining on the linux list, so maybe
> > this is a BIOS bug on the affected machine? It's an ECS mobo with
> > a GeForce6100PM-M2 chipset, and I use a ps/2 keyboard.
>
> Could you try the patch below and see if it makes any difference?
> Thanks!

<patch snipped for brevity>

No difference that I can detect, sorry. The login prompt still
ignores my keystrokes. I'm happy to try any other ideas or patches.
(Yes, I did use git bisect to find this commit.)

Thanks.


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