[Debian-eeepc-devel] Some experiences with kernel 2.6.31

[Alan Jenkins]

On 10/9/09, Darren Salt <linux at youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I demand that Luca Niccoli may or may not have written...
>
> > Hi, I compiled a kernel from linux-source-2.6.31 and I thought Id' share my
> > experience (I own a 901):

>> * Loading eeepc_laptop is still amazingly slow. I worked around it by
>> blacklisting the module, and modifying /etc/init.d/eeepc-acpi-scripts to
>> load it (and making the script Depend: on $all, not starting on S but on 2
>> 3 4 5, so that it happens after the whole boot process). Would it be
>> acceptable to merge this?
>
> There is one known cause of this: i2c_i801. That module is blacklisted (if
> you have eeepc-acpi-scripts 1.1.2 or a git snapshot); if it's present in
> your
> kernel, REMOVE IT and the delay will go away.

i2c_i801 is supposed to refuse to load on EeePCs in 2.6.31, unless you
deliberately force it to load by setting acpi_enforce_resources=lax.
So this sounds like an unknown bug :-).

If it _is_ i2c_i801 causing the problem, we need to find out why it is
still able to load.

Thanks
Alan