From: Pavel Machek With acpi=off and acpi_ac/battery compiled into kernel, acpi breaks boot. This fixes it. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Cc: "Brown, Len" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/acpi/ac.c | 2 ++ drivers/acpi/battery.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/acpi/ac.c~acpi-fix-boot-with-acpi=off drivers/acpi/ac.c --- a/drivers/acpi/ac.c~acpi-fix-boot-with-acpi=off +++ a/drivers/acpi/ac.c @@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ static int __init acpi_ac_init(void) { int result; + if (acpi_disabled) + return -ENODEV; acpi_ac_dir = acpi_lock_ac_dir(); if (!acpi_ac_dir) diff -puN drivers/acpi/battery.c~acpi-fix-boot-with-acpi=off drivers/acpi/battery.c --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c~acpi-fix-boot-with-acpi=off +++ a/drivers/acpi/battery.c @@ -757,6 +757,9 @@ static int __init acpi_battery_init(void { int result; + if (acpi_disabled) + return -ENODEV; + acpi_battery_dir = acpi_lock_battery_dir(); if (!acpi_battery_dir) return -ENODEV; _