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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Bug 49151] New: NULL pointer dereference in pata_acpi
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:05:49 +0100
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To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk, "Anton V. Boyarshinov" <boyarsh@altlinux.org>, bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

> So yes, blacklisting it and verifying that your system still operates
> normally would be something to do. If it does, you could also build a
> kernel with pata_acpi disabled (that is, provided you build your own
> kernels).

The crash is still a bug. It needs chasing down.

Alan