can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

[Bernd Prager]

I'm trying to upgrade to kernel 1.6.19.
The boot process immediatly locks in a loop with the message:
"atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware directly."

The box is running fine with kernel 1.6.18.4.

It's an iDEQ200V box with a BioStar motherboar, VIA KM400 + VT8237 chipset.
Here's my BIOS information based on dmidecode:

BIOS Information
        Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
        Version: 6.00 PG
        Release Date: 08/19/2003
        Address: 0xE0000
        Runtime Size: 128 kB
        ROM Size: 512 kB
        Characteristics:
                ISA is supported
                PCI is supported
                PNP is supported
                APM is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                ESCD support is available
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                BIOS ROM is socketed
                EDD is supported
                5.25"/360 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
                Serial services are supported (int 14h)
                Printer services are supported (int 17h)
                CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
                ACPI is supported
                USB legacy is supported
                AGP is supported
                LS-120 boot is supported
                ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported

( .. more info available if useful ..)

Did anybody discovered similar issues or have any ideas on how to solve that?

Thanks for any help,
-- Bernd

Re: can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

[Bernd Prager]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 05:53:17PM -0500, Bernd Prager wrote:
> I'm trying to upgrade to kernel 1.6.19.
> The boot process immediatly locks in a loop with the message:
> "atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware directly."
> 
> The box is running fine with kernel 1.6.18.4.
> 
> It's an iDEQ200V box with a BioStar motherboar, VIA KM400 + VT8237 chipset.
> Here's my BIOS information based on dmidecode:
> 
> BIOS Information
>         Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>         Version: 6.00 PG
>         Release Date: 08/19/2003
>         Address: 0xE0000
>         Runtime Size: 128 kB
>         ROM Size: 512 kB
>         Characteristics:
>                 ISA is supported
>                 PCI is supported
>                 PNP is supported
>                 APM is supported
>                 BIOS is upgradeable
>                 BIOS shadowing is allowed
>                 ESCD support is available
>                 Boot from CD is supported
>                 Selectable boot is supported
>                 BIOS ROM is socketed
>                 EDD is supported
>                 5.25"/360 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>                 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>                 3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>                 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>                 Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
>                 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
>                 Serial services are supported (int 14h)
>                 Printer services are supported (int 17h)
>                 CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
>                 ACPI is supported
>                 USB legacy is supported
>                 AGP is supported
>                 LS-120 boot is supported
>                 ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
> 
> ( .. more info available if useful ..)
> 
> Did anybody discovered similar issues or have any ideas on how to solve that?
>
Based on the email "xtables/iptables and atkbd.c Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0" from jakk127@gmail.com I checked my configuration. And yes, I have CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES=m and CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m as well.

-- Bernd

Re: can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

[Alan J. Wylie]

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:13 +0100, Bernd Prager <bernd@prager.ws> said:

> I'm trying to upgrade to kernel 1.6.19.  The boot process immediatly
> locks in a loop with the message: "atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on
> isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware
> directly."

The above message is a result of the keyboard LEDs being flashed after
a failed boot.

See my posting
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/5/239
with a patch to suppress these repeated messages, so you can see what
the real problem is.

-- 
Alan J. Wylie                                          http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
  -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: can't boot : Spurious ACK with kernel 2.6.19

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On 12/6/06, Alan J. Wylie <alan@wylie.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:13 +0100, Bernd Prager <bernd@prager.ws> said:
>
> > I'm trying to upgrade to kernel 1.6.19.  The boot process immediatly
> > locks in a loop with the message: "atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on
> > isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware
> > directly."
>
> The above message is a result of the keyboard LEDs being flashed after
> a failed boot.
>
> See my posting
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/5/239
> with a patch to suppress these repeated messages, so you can see what
> the real problem is.
>

You actually don't need a patch - just boot with i8042.panicblink=0.
This issue (messages) is properly fixed in input tree.

-- 
Dmitry