[ltp] Thinkpad x61 Tablet (irq 20: nobody cared)

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:37:34 -0300


On Mon, 06 Aug 2007, Rob Kendrick wrote:
> > I'm running kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 #1 SMP PREEMPT (no acpi or pci
> > options on cmdline). After a minute or so of uptime I get the following
> > (and then, predictably, the USB ports on the right side go dead):
> > 
> > irq 20: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
> 
> Snap.  The problem goes away by doing the suggested: adding the irqpoll
> option to the kernel's command line.  This seems like an acceptable
> workaround, but I am too happy to provide any assistance to anybody who
> wants to track down the reason.

Please file a bug about it in bugzilla.kernel.org.  This is either a big bad
kernel breakage, or something to make a fuss with Lenovo so that they fix
it.

-- 
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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh