[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-31 Thread Edward Donovan
** Description changed: - I have several similar HP boxes that boot with IRQ errors, for the USB - subsystem, like this: + In all kernels since 2.6.39, the "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" options are no + longer taking effect. I have several machines that need to boot with + one of these options, and I

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-31 Thread Edward Donovan
** Changed in: linux Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: mythbuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855199 Title: 2.6.39 and later have lost

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-31 Thread Edward Donovan
Also, I've tested Linux 3.1, and some newer branches. They don't fix the regression. For simply reverting the small , "guilty" commit ,'git revert d05c65fff' succeeds on the command line, but does not seem to revert cleanly. Those kernels have failed to build. I haven't had time to look that ov

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-31 Thread Edward Donovan
Mythbuntu users are finding the regression, here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11396394 so I added that project to the report. It seems heavy-handed, but might be accurate, to add all the Ubuntu 11.10 derivatives as affected, in this report. I won't get into that for the moment.

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-31 Thread Edward Donovan
** Also affects: mythbuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855199 Title: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-30 Thread Edward Donovan
Oh, and this commit only touched irq/spurious.c , as mfg expected, above. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855199 Title: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" function

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-30 Thread Edward Donovan
** Tags added: irqfixup irqpoll -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855199 Title: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-30 Thread Edward Donovan
Ok, I've probably isolated the commit. I found the new location of the "tip" tree, then read up on git, and set to work. "git bisect" helped me find the commit where things stop working: "genirq: spurious: Run only one poller at a time authorThomas Gleixner Mon, 7 Feb

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-28 Thread Edward Donovan
Here is another message-board user seeming to have the problem: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?s=b002eb76507593bd6c9567f2bf9a4c93&p=13734474&postcount=153 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 855199] Re: 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality

2011-10-28 Thread Edward Donovan
** Summary changed: - 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqpoll" functionality + 2.6.39 and later have lost "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" functionality -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855199 Title