Subject: Re: 2.4.13-acX: NM256 hangs at boot
To: suonpaa@iki.fi (Samuli Suonpaa)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:08:20 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <87y9luohi8.fsf@puck.erasmus.jurri.net> from "Samuli Suonpaa" at Oct 29, 2001 12:41:35 PM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> CPtC400 until I upgraded from kernel 2.4.12-ac5 to 2.4.13-ac3. Now the
> system hangs at boot - or to be more precise, right after boot when
> modutils try to load nm256_audio.o as instructed in /etc/modules.
> Lockup is complete, even power-button doesn't work so I have to remove
> battery and power-cord to get the machine shut down. I have
> APM-support compiled in, no ACPI.

Ok.

> NM256 is PCI-based, so I checked whether CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI would have
> any effect. It didn't.
> 
> Exactly the same thing happens with 2.4.13-ac4.
> 
> If I compile the kernel without sound-support, everything works just
> fine.

Jeff Garzik updated the neomagic driver to use the generic ac97 codec. It
looks like he didnt quite get it right firs ttime around. I'll take a look
and its then a case of either fixing it or reverting Jeff's change
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