Bug#643757: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Loading acpi/processor causes hanging or reboot

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Nilsson wrote:

> the machine locks up or do a spontaneous
> reboot when loading the kernel module acpi/processor.
[...]
> I have tried to figure out more precisely what is happening but I have not 
> managed to get a decent kernel-dump. (And this is a production machine so 
> I had to put it back in service...)
>
> The easy fix, which I am using now is
>
> blacklist processor
>
> in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Could you attach the portion of the kernel log (e.g., from
/var/log/kern.log*) from bootup until initialization finishes, so we
can get a sense of how that normally goes?

Also, if you get a chance some time to test a 3.x kernel from sid or
experimental, that would be very helpful.  The only packages from
outside squeeze that should be needed are linux-base, initramfs-tools,
and the linux image itself.

Thanks,
Jonathan