On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote:
> In 2.4.0 and 2.4.1, when I try to load the bttv driver, one of two
> things happens: the system hangs (even alt-sysrq doesn't work!), or the
> system powers off by itself (ATX mobo). Instant power-off usually
> happens after a soft reboot (init 6), while it usually hangs up after a
> hard reboot (power cycling).
>
> When it hangs, I noticed a very strange thing. If I push the power
> on/off button briefly, it un-hangs and seems to proceed as normal. The
> kernel does report an APIC error on each cpu (dual p3 700 system) when
> this happens.
>
> These errors all occur in the same way (as near as I can tell) in
> kernels 2.4.0 and 2.4.1, using bttv drivers 0.7.50 (incl. w/ kernel),
> 0.7.53, and 0.7.55.
>
> I am currently using 2.4.0-test10 with bttv 0.7.47, which works fine.
>
> I have sent all this info to Gerd Knorr but, as far as I know, he hasn't
> been able to track down the bug yet. I thought that by posting here,
> more eyes might at least make more reports of similar situations that
> might help track down the problem.
>
> PS: I'm not on the linux-kernel list, so please CC replies to me.
>
>
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