Re: commit a802dd0e breaks console keyboard input

[walt]

Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 04:13:59PM -0700, walt wrote:
> > > Please try the patch below. It basically reverts the whole stop_machine
> > > patches. That way we should know if it really comes from the moved init
> > > call or if it is some other weird bug. I would have expected more bug
> > > reports if the stop_machine patches would be broken. Hmmm...
> > <second patch snipped for brevity>
> >
> > Yes your second patch fixes the keyboard problem, thanks.  The lack of
> > other complainers is what made me think of a BIOS bug, but that's just
> > wild guesswork on my part.  I'm happy to keep trying patches if you can
> > keep making them :-)
>
> Thanks a lot for testing and your patience!
> The patch below moves the init call to its old place but makes the
> stop_machine initialization happen later. I added a BUG_ON to catch possible
> early calls, but there shouldn't be any. I think the patch should solve
> the regression you are seeing. Could you give it a try please?
> The patch applies on top of latest Linus' git tree...

<patch snipped for brevity>
Yes, everything seems back to normal with this patch, thanks.

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