kernels after 1907 do not boot

[John Reiser]

> I am using an AMD 2000+ based i386 system with FC5 T2 sw.
> 
> For kernel versions post 1907 version, the host fails to boot past the
> initiation of udev.  The system appears to lock up.  The keyboard
> controller is dead.  I have to use 'bus reset button' to force the
> restart of the boot cycle.

Some of those symptoms are quite similar to these:
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179601
where an Athlon Plain 1.1Ghz with Silicon Integrated Systems
(SiS) 730 chipset hangs in udev, specifically the enumeration
of USB controllers using the /sys descriptions of system topology.

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