From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: sky2 patch in 2.6.24-rc7-git6 breaks POST - commit 84cd2dfb04d23a961c5f537baa243fa54d0987ac Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:09:47 -0800 Message-ID: <20080115100947.4ec6cda0@deepthought> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" To: "Ioan Ionita" Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([216.93.170.194]:56809 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752259AbYAOSMa (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:12:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:01:47 +0200 "Ioan Ionita" wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Asus Commando motherboard, p965 chipset with Marvell > 88E8056 and 88E8001 gigabit lan onboard. skge and sky2 are compiled > in. > When booting linux-2.6.24-rc7-git6, everything seemed fine, but when > attempting to reboot, the machine would freeze on POST, right before > detecting AHCI drives. > In order to get it to POST, a reset or shutdown from the power button > is not enough, I actually have to cut power to the motherboard using > the PSU's power switch! > > I first thought that the BIOS or CMOS may have gotten corrupted, but > eventually I fund that linux was the culprit. After a git bisect, I > found the bad commit below > Is Wake On Lan enabled in the BIOS? -- Stephen Hemminger