Bug#333831: Etch Installer (pre-release) triggers bug #333831 on specific hardware

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 08:56:12PM +0000, Simon Waters wrote:
> Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > 
> > Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?
> > 
> > If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
> > with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
> > http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html
> 
> linux-kernel-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 (aka 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7)
> 
> Boots without the interrupt warnings regarding hda.
> 
> ACPI is clearly enabled, and reports various messages boot.
> 
> Attempting to play an audio CD worked for a few seconds, then the
> machine restarted (showing BIOS screen).
> 
> Last message in kernel log was:
> 
> ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
> 
> This occurred after using "CTRL-ALT-F1" to switch to console mode, and
> could be seen on console a second or two before the restart. I retried a
> cold reboot and just left it playing an audio CD in the GNOME desktop,
> and it jumped to the BIOS splash screen again after a few seconds.
> 
> So whilst this kernel upgrade avoids the delays/hangs whilst booting it
>  doesn't resolve all the ACPI issues mentioned in this bug report.
> 
> The kernel mailing list makes reference to relevant improvements in
> 2.6.28. I'll build a 2.6.28 kernel and try that.

Thanks, if the problem persists in the 2.6.28 kernel, please file
a bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org and send the bug number to this
bug report.

Cheers,
        Moritz