Kernel 1917 x86_64 acpi Errors

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 09:24:14PM -0500, Partha Bagchi wrote:
 > I am finally able to boot a kernel beyond 1884. The only way to boot is 
 > to use acpi=off. Here are the errors that I could write down (only 
 > partially, since they are more of the same) if booted without acpi=off
 > 
 > <ffffffff8023c09b>{acpi_ut_execute_STA+31}{ffffffff8023e204}{acpi_ut_release_mutex+100}
 > <ffffffff8023556b>{acpi_ns_get_device_callback+105}
 > <ffffffff80205cd3>{vsscanf+1467}{acpi_os+wait_semaphore+118}
 > ....
 > <some error with spinlock>
 > 
 > 
 > Needless to say, no acpi.
 > 
 > Here are some details:
 > uname -a:
 > Linux  2.6.15-1.1917_FC5 #1 SMP Tue Feb 7 20:38:34 EST 2006 x86_64 
 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 > 
 > Hardware: HP dv8000 with AMD 64 Turion

I've been chasing this myself the last few days. It should be fixed
in tomorrows rawhide. (Grab it early from http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/devel/ )

		Dave