as initially pointed out, there is a percentage of chance that it locks up.
i guess it is not being regarded as important because it affects only a "rare" piece of hardware. then again, wait for 2.6.18. -- CPU soft lockup during bootup https://launchpad.net/bugs/63418 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
