>> The kernel locked up at boot. I could not even use the
>> alt-sysrq key. I used printks to debug it further, and
>> isolate the problem.
>> Kernel 2.2.5 crashed right after the "printk ("5 " message in
>> probe_one_port in parport_pc.c in the drivers/misc directory.
>> It had been called from parport_pc_init using 0x378, irq[0],
>> dma[0]. My printer port hardware uses 0x378. It is an older
>> card, perhaps even of the XT era.
> It sounds as if the probe for EPP and/or ECP is upsetting
> something else in your system. You might be able to discourage
> this by putting something like `reserve=0x37b,5 reserve=0x778,8'
> on your kernel command line.
One obvious possibility is a network card occupying 0x360-0x37F as I
had on one of my computers...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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