Hi! I get this nastyness in syslog if I compile ibm_acpi into kernel, then boot with acpi=off.
floppy0: no floppy controllers found loop: module loaded WARNING: at lib/kref.c:33 kref_get() [<c025bd80>] kref_get+0x40/0x50 [<c025aeff>] kobject_get+0xf/0x20 [<c0325eee>] get_driver+0xe/0x20 [<c0325f13>] driver_remove_file+0x13/0x40 [<c0337812>] thinkpad_acpi_module_exit+0x92/0x100 [<c083a192>] thinkpad_acpi_module_init+0x252/0x810 [<c025a71a>] idr_get_new+0xa/0x30 [<c01ad15d>] proc_register+0x8d/0x100 [<c081e570>] kernel_init+0x140/0x320 [<c01040ca>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x1c [<c081e430>] kernel_init+0x0/0x320 [<c081e430>] kernel_init+0x0/0x320 [<c0104d8f>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18 ======================= WARNING: at lib/kref.c:33 kref_get() [<c025bd80>] kref_get+0x40/0x50 [<c025aeff>] kobject_get+0xf/0x20 [<c0325eee>] get_driver+0xe/0x20 [<c0325f13>] driver_remove_file+0x13/0x40 [<c0337812>] thinkpad_acpi_module_exit+0x92/0x100 [<c083a192>] thinkpad_acpi_module_init+0x252/0x810 [<c025a71a>] idr_get_new+0xa/0x30 [<c01ad15d>] proc_register+0x8d/0x100 [<c081e570>] kernel_init+0x140/0x320 [<c01040ca>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x1c [<c081e430>] kernel_init+0x0/0x320 [<c081e430>] kernel_init+0x0/0x320 [<c0104d8f>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18 ======================= WARNING: at lib/kref.c:33 kref_get() [<c025bd80>] kref_get+0x40/0x50 [<c025aeff>] kobject_get+0xf/0x20 [<c0325eee>] get_driver+0xe/0x20 [<c0325f13>] driver_remove_file+0x13/0x40 [<c0337812>] thinkpad_acpi_module_exit+0x92/0x100 [<c083a192>] thinkpad_acpi_module_init+0x252/0x810 [<c025a71a>] idr_get_new+0xa/0x30 [<c01ad15d>] proc_register+0x8d/0x100 [<c081e570>] kernel_init+0x140/0x320 [<c01040ca>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x1c [<c081e430>] kernel_init+0x0/0x320 [<c081e430>] kernel_init+0x0/0x320 [<c0104d8f>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18 ======================= Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2 Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:02:00.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:1c.0 ... Perhaps this is needed? Pavel diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c index a664f2b..654a124 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c @@ -2695,6 +2695,9 @@ static void acpi_ibm_exit(void) { int i; + if (acpi_disabled) + return; + for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(ibms) - 1; i >= 0; i--) ibm_exit(&ibms[i]); -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/