amd64/67745: boot fails on compaq presario r3000z

[Scott Long]

Andrew Lankford wrote:
>>I'd like to get this fixed for 5.3,
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> Sweet!
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>>but I also don't feel comfortable 
>>with completely turning off the keyboard and aux port tests.  
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> For what it's worth, I don't think the second part of that
> patch (the aux port test) is needed anymore (at least by
> presario 3000 users).
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>>Can someone experiment to see if both test_kbd_port() and test_aux_port()
>>need to be disabled?
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> I've got a little free time on my hands, but I'm not
> optimistic about my chances of being able to boot without
> the patch.  Might it perchance help matters if I tried
>  refreshing the boot0 and boot1 images?
> 

I don't know if the boot loaders will affect anything here, unless I'm
mis-understanding the problem.

Could you try a series of tests where you completely remove the patch, 
but also selectively remove the calls to test_kbd_port() for atkbd.c
and see which instance is causing the problem?

Scott