kernel 2.6.19 bug report --> "atkbd.c:spurious ACK on isa...." when boot from SATA hd, no way to start system

kernel 2.6.19 bug report --> "atkbd.c:spurious ACK on isa...." when boot from SATA hd, no way to start system

[Daniel Gonzalez Schiller]

When boot with SATA HD --> "atkbd.c:spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0. Some
program might be trying access hardware directly."

When booting with normal hd no problem.

I've searched in changelog but nothing found.

more people with this problem:
http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz/2006/10/catching-upbleeding-edge.html
 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=507224


I use:
Debian unstable linux Kernel 2.6.19
on a duron1200 with ata drives and one sata-hd

I have got ATA DEVICE SUPPORT AS A MODULE IN the Kernel .CONFIG

my system:

K7VT4A Pro
SATA:
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID
Controller (rev 80)

Modules:
  sata_via
  libsata

cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 7
model name      : AMD Duron(tm)
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 1198.859
cache size      : 64 KB

no patches, no fixes in kernel

Re: kernel 2.6.19 bug report --> "atkbd.c:spurious ACK on isa...." when boot from SATA hd, no way to start system

[Alan J. Wylie]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:50:24 +0100, "Daniel Gonzalez Schiller" <daniel.schiller@gmail.com> said:

> When boot with SATA HD --> "atkbd.c:spurious ACK on
> isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware
> directly."

> When booting with normal hd no problem.

The problems are almost certainly to do with the driver (or lack of
driver) for your hard disc interface. There will be earlier messages
(and more importantly a lack of messages showing hardware being
detected) that end with failure to mount your root partition.

The configuration options for SATA moved in 2.6.19.

They are now under
  Device Drivers -> 
    Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers 

> I've searched in changelog but nothing found.

The error messages are as a result of the keyboard LEDs being flashed.

Have a look at:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/linux.kernel/msg/197ddf90dd6e5058
http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/660c4d2dc419ee44

Try booting with i8042.panicblink=0

-- 
Alan J. Wylie                                          http://www.wylie.me.uk/
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