I had the same result as Mike just reported on my Averatek StepNote
SA2053T with the Hardy Heron alpha 3 desktop live CD: boot hangs and the
only recourse is a hard reboot (power switch). The last lines look just
slightly different from the last 2 lines of what Mike reported: the 8139
module is still a problem.
So, I have compiled kernels from kernel.org source from 2.6.20 up
through 2.6.23, and there are two modules with problems:
1) 8139too -- if it is compiled with CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=y it works, but
the default uses MMIO instead. Loading the module with MMIO compiling
causes the laptop to hang completely - hard reboot necessary - SysRq
keys do not work - last reported lines similar to the last 2 of what
Mike reported in the last comment.
2) sdhci - this laptop has a card reader, but loading the SDHCI module
causes it to hang completely (hard power-switch reboot necessary, SysRq
doesn't work). I haven't found any compile options that can prevent
that, and even tried putting some debugging into the kernel source, but
couldn't figure out what was going wrong.
I haven't tried building with the Hardy Heron or other Ubuntu kernel
source (my partner uses other distros, so I got set up with git and the
kernel.org source), but if it is based on 2.6.23 or earlier, those are
the config options. (I have tried loading the Ubuntu kernels from Feisty
and Gutsy; same results as the default-compiled kernel.org kernels.)
If Hardy is based on a later kernel.org source, add a comment here and I
can test that with the kernel.org source. We did report this issue to
the kernel folks, but they have not seen fit to do anything about it...
nice to see that the Ubuntu folks are interested. :)
--Jennifer
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Regression: RealTek 8139 hard-locks system on installation/modprobe (affects
Averatec, Philips laptops)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90271
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