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SubjectRe: commit a802dd0e breaks console keyboard input
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 05:09:24PM -0700, walt wrote:
> Hi team,
>
> commit a802dd0eb5fc97a50cf1abb1f788a8f6cc5db635
> Author: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
> 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.

Uh? How did you get to this commit? I assume a git bisect?
Strange.. I'm going to have a look at it.


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