Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:28:27 +0200 | From | Heiko Carstens <> | Subject | Re: commit a802dd0e breaks console keyboard input |
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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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