On Wed, 2016-05-04 at 08:42 +0200, CJP wrote: > > > > Of course. It looks like we can do that by reverting the change that > > caused this regression. Please test whether the attached patch fixes > > the problem, following the instructions at: > > > > https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official > > > Yes, it fixes the problem, even without my modprobe.blacklist argument. > > Some notes: > > test-patches asked me for a flavour; I entered amd64. > > When installing the linux-image package, I got this error: > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.5.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for > module r8169 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for > module r8169 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for > module r8169 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for > module r8169 > I ignored it, since I probably won't need WiFi during early start-up.
These are actually for Ethernet controllers not wifi. > When fully booted with this kernel, I tested my WiFi and it still works. > > lsmod shows now that the sp5100_tco module is loaded. > > dmesg contains the following line: > [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.5.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 > root=UUID=cab2c5d5-4664-4105-bcbd-fcb860cc035d ro quiet > (so it is version 4.5, without the blacklist argument) > > dmesg does not show the ACPI error lines that were generated by the > faulty 4.5. > > dmesg | grep sp5100_tco returns the following: > [ 31.700531] sp5100_tco: SP5100/SB800 TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v0.05 > [ 31.700640] sp5100_tco: PCI Revision ID: 0x13 > [ 31.700709] sp5100_tco: failed to find MMIO address, giving up. > > I hope this is what you expected. To me, it looks like the problem is > fixed. That looks right - the driver is now failing in a harmless way. Thanks for testing. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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