Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:54:21 +0200 (EET) | From | Rumen Svobodnikov <> | Subject | Re: found strange bug in 2.x |
| |
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, ranger wrote:
> I have changed the CPU of my PC, from a K5 100Mhz (PR133) to > K6 266, but the kernel DONT boot ! it resets after the "starting kswapd" > message. I tried to change the K6 with a pentium MMX 233Mhz, but the > problem persist, so I have reinstalled the K5, and found (after 2/3 > hours ad about 15/20 CPU swap in the motherboard ..) that cpu crash > after the init_bh(KEYBOARD_BH, kbd_bh) in keyboard.c. > I have removed the code inside kbd_bh, et voila ! > but now the keyboard leds dont work :( > why the code works only with the K5@100Mhz ?? > > --- > Ranger, togli .fr dal mio indirizzo per rispondere > http://members.tripod.com/%7Eranger_rg/ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > I had similar problems with my new 440TX motherboard, the easier fix (without loosing keyboard leds) was to add #define INIT_KBD in drivers/char/keyboard.c I see that INIT_KBD is defined for all architectures but i386, this is probably because the bios should have reset&setup the keyboard properly, i guess some bioses don't do this the right way.
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
| |