Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:58:11 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Regression in -git / [PATCH] i2c-i801.c: don't pci_disable_device() after it was just enabled |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Daniel Ritz wrote: > > > > Do you have any idea why disabling the SMBus causes the problem you > > observe? Could be that your BIOS attempts to use the SMBus at power > > no idea. the last message that is display is "Shutdown: hda" then the > cursor blinks for 2 more seconds, then complete freeze. also enabling > all the debugging options in driver model, pm, i2c does not give me anything > more (it should...the messages during boot are there)...
The SMBus devices may well be used by ACPI (or even SMM, although that is probably rare these days).
I don't actually think we should necessarily shut off motherboard devices like that, for this reason.
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