In article <200608282126.k7SLQWjO011581@left.wing.org>,
Ed Gould  <ed@left.wing.org> wrote:
>Since upgrading to a 4.99.1 kernel, I have been having intermittent 
>problems with spic0 (Sony Programmable Interrupt Controller) on my Vaio 
>PCG-GRX690 laptop.  Some of the time when I boot, the device is not 
>found at all; some times it is found correctly.  This device can only 
>be discovered via ACPI.
>
>I have not had this problem with previous kernels.
>
>Any thoughts?

Do you have sony0 in your config?

christos