> 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?

Yes.  That's found whether or not spic0 is found.

	--Ed