strange kbd behaviour at reboot

description:
strange kbd behaviour at reboot

When I reboot the system from su session in an xterm a number of line feeds scroll until the xterm is killed. I wonder if this is a clue to the problems others were reporting with sleep/suspend not happening on notebooks?

The scroll rate appears to be the keyboard repeat rate. This happens on the console.
This does not happen from a remote xterm.

version:
2.6.0-test8-bk2
Linux Maya 2.6.0-test8-bk2 #2 Wed Oct 22 18:11:26 EDT 2003 i686 GNU/Linux

built from:
linux-2.6.0-test8.tar.bz2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.0-test8-bk2.bz2

grep -v '^#' .config | uniq
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y

CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y

CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y

CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y

CONFIG_X86_PC=y
CONFIG_MK7=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y
CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y

CONFIG_PM=y

CONFIG_APM=y
CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y

CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_ISA=y

CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y

CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y

CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG=y

CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
CONFIG_PNPBIOS=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y

CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL=y
CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y

CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y

CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y

CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=253
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY_MS=15000
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_MASK=0
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_REG_PRETTY_PRINT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=1
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=16
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=64

CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID0=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID1=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
CONFIG_DM_IOCTL_V4=y

CONFIG_I2O=y
CONFIG_I2O_PCI=y
CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=y
CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=y
CONFIG_I2O_PROC=y

CONFIG_NET=y

CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_INET_ECN=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y

CONFIG_NETFILTER=y

CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS=y

CONFIG_IPV6_SCTP__=y
CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL=y

CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

CONFIG_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_TUN=y

CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=y

CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_E100=y
CONFIG_8139CP=y
CONFIG_8139TOO=y

CONFIG_INPUT=y

CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y

CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y

CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL=y

CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y

CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=y

CONFIG_I2C=y
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y

CONFIG_I2C_ALI1535=y
CONFIG_I2C_ALI15X3=y
CONFIG_I2C_AMD756=y
CONFIG_I2C_AMD8111=y
CONFIG_I2C_I801=y
CONFIG_I2C_ISA=y
CONFIG_I2C_NFORCE2=y
CONFIG_I2C_PIIX4=y
CONFIG_I2C_SIS96X=y
CONFIG_I2C_VIAPRO=y

CONFIG_I2C_SENSOR=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_ADM1021=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_IT87=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_LM75=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_LM78=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_LM85=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_VIA686A=y
CONFIG_SENSORS_W83781D=y

CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y

CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD=y
CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_I810=y
CONFIG_DRM_I830=y
CONFIG_DRM_MGA=y
CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y
CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=256

CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD=y

CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y

CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y

CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y

CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y

CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y

CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y

CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_QFMT_V1=y
CONFIG_QUOTACTL=y

CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=y

CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y

CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y

CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_NFSD=y
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_EXPORTFS=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp437"
CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS=y

CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y

CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=y

CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y

CONFIG_CRYPTO=y

CONFIG_CRC32=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y
CONFIG_PC=y

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