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From: Peter Klotz <peter.klotz@aon.at>
Subject: Re: ACPI related kernel panic when booting 2.6.29-rc2
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:57:49 +0100
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Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
> please use the patch from Tero Roponen.
> 
> This patch fixes the crash I experienced in 2.6.29-rc2.
> Tested on ASUS M50vm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tero Roponen <tero.roponen@gmail.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> index a2b82c9..5c2f5d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
>         saved_ec = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_ec), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!saved_ec)
>             return -ENOMEM;
> -        memcpy(&saved_ec, boot_ec, sizeof(saved_ec));
> +        memcpy(saved_ec, boot_ec, sizeof(*saved_ec));
>     /* fall through */
>     }
>     /* This workaround is needed only on some broken machines,

Thanks a lot, this patch fixed the problem on my Asus B50A.

Regards, Peter.