diff -Nurp linux-2.6.10/drivers/acpi/ec.c linux-2.6.10-ec-nospinlock/drivers/acpi/ec.c
--- linux-2.6.10/drivers/acpi/ec.c	2004-12-24 16:34:58.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.10-ec-nospinlock/drivers/acpi/ec.c	2005-02-03 19:01:25.490539512 -0500
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <acpi/acpi_bus.h>
 #include <acpi/acpi_drivers.h>
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME		("acpi_ec")
 #define ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF	0x01	/* Output buffer full */
 #define ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBE	0x02	/* Input buffer empty */
 
-#define ACPI_EC_UDELAY		100	/* Poll @ 100us increments */
-#define ACPI_EC_UDELAY_COUNT	1000	/* Wait 10ms max. during EC ops */
+#define ACPI_EC_MSLEEP		1	/* Sleep 1ms between polling */
+#define ACPI_EC_MSLEEP_COUNT	10	/* Wait 10ms max. during EC ops */
 #define ACPI_EC_UDELAY_GLK	1000	/* Wait 1ms max. to get global lock */
 
 #define ACPI_EC_COMMAND_READ	0x80
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ struct acpi_ec {
 	struct acpi_generic_address	command_addr;
 	struct acpi_generic_address	data_addr;
 	unsigned long			global_lock;
-	spinlock_t			lock;
+	struct semaphore		sem;
 };
 
 /* If we find an EC via the ECDT, we need to keep a ptr to its context */
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ acpi_ec_wait (
 	u8			event)
 {
 	u32			acpi_ec_status = 0;
-	u32			i = ACPI_EC_UDELAY_COUNT;
+	u32			i = ACPI_EC_MSLEEP_COUNT;
 
 	if (!ec)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ acpi_ec_wait (
 			acpi_hw_low_level_read(8, &acpi_ec_status, &ec->status_addr);
 			if (acpi_ec_status & ACPI_EC_FLAG_OBF)
 				return 0;
-			udelay(ACPI_EC_UDELAY);
+			msleep(ACPI_EC_MSLEEP);
 		} while (--i>0);
 		break;
 	case ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBE:
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ acpi_ec_wait (
 			acpi_hw_low_level_read(8, &acpi_ec_status, &ec->status_addr);
 			if (!(acpi_ec_status & ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF))
 				return 0;
-			udelay(ACPI_EC_UDELAY);
+			msleep(ACPI_EC_MSLEEP);
 		} while (--i>0);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ acpi_ec_wait (
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 acpi_ec_read (
 	struct acpi_ec		*ec,
 	u8			address,
@@ -145,7 +146,6 @@ acpi_ec_read (
 {
 	acpi_status		status = AE_OK;
 	int			result = 0;
-	unsigned long		flags = 0;
 	u32			glk = 0;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_read");
@@ -160,9 +160,12 @@ acpi_ec_read (
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
 			return_VALUE(-ENODEV);
 	}
-	
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
 
+	if (down_interruptible (&ec->sem)) {
+		result = -ERESTARTSYS;
+		goto end_nosem;
+	}
+	
 	acpi_hw_low_level_write(8, ACPI_EC_COMMAND_READ, &ec->command_addr);
 	result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBE);
 	if (result)
@@ -180,16 +183,15 @@ acpi_ec_read (
 		*data, address));
 
 end:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, flags);
-
+	up (&ec->sem);
+end_nosem:
 	if (ec->global_lock)
 		acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
 
 	return_VALUE(result);
 }
 
-
-static int
+int
 acpi_ec_write (
 	struct acpi_ec		*ec,
 	u8			address,
@@ -197,7 +199,6 @@ acpi_ec_write (
 {
 	int			result = 0;
 	acpi_status		status = AE_OK;
-	unsigned long		flags = 0;
 	u32			glk = 0;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_write");
@@ -211,8 +212,11 @@ acpi_ec_write (
 			return_VALUE(-ENODEV);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
-
+	if (down_interruptible (&ec->sem)) {
+		result = -ERESTARTSYS;
+		goto end_nosem;
+	}
+	
 	acpi_hw_low_level_write(8, ACPI_EC_COMMAND_WRITE, &ec->command_addr);
 	result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBE);
 	if (result)
@@ -232,8 +236,8 @@ acpi_ec_write (
 		data, address));
 
 end:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, flags);
-
+	up (&ec->sem);
+end_nosem:
 	if (ec->global_lock)
 		acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
 
@@ -291,7 +295,6 @@ acpi_ec_query (
 {
 	int			result = 0;
 	acpi_status		status = AE_OK;
-	unsigned long		flags = 0;
 	u32			glk = 0;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_query");
@@ -312,8 +315,11 @@ acpi_ec_query (
 	 * Note that successful completion of the query causes the ACPI_EC_SCI
 	 * bit to be cleared (and thus clearing the interrupt source).
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
-
+	if (down_interruptible (&ec->sem)) {
+		result = -ERESTARTSYS;
+		goto end_nosem;
+	}
+	
 	acpi_hw_low_level_write(8, ACPI_EC_COMMAND_QUERY, &ec->command_addr);
 	result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF);
 	if (result)
@@ -324,8 +330,8 @@ acpi_ec_query (
 		result = -ENODATA;
 
 end:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, flags);
-
+	up (&ec->sem);
+end_nosem:
 	if (ec->global_lock)
 		acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
 
@@ -348,7 +354,6 @@ acpi_ec_gpe_query (
 {
 	struct acpi_ec		*ec = (struct acpi_ec *) ec_cxt;
 	u32			value = 0;
-	unsigned long		flags = 0;
 	static char		object_name[5] = {'_','Q','0','0','\0'};
 	const char		hex[] = {'0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7',
 				         '8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F'};
@@ -358,9 +363,11 @@ acpi_ec_gpe_query (
 	if (!ec_cxt)
 		goto end;	
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
+	if (down_interruptible (&ec->sem)) {
+		return_VOID;
+	}
 	acpi_hw_low_level_read(8, &value, &ec->command_addr);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, flags);
+	up (&ec->sem);
 
 	/* TBD: Implement asynch events!
 	 * NOTE: All we care about are EC-SCI's.  Other EC events are
@@ -599,7 +606,7 @@ acpi_ec_add (
 
 	ec->handle = device->handle;
 	ec->uid = -1;
-	ec->lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+	sema_init(&ec->sem, 1);
 	strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_EC_DEVICE_NAME);
 	strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_EC_CLASS);
 	acpi_driver_data(device) = ec;
@@ -813,7 +820,7 @@ acpi_ec_ecdt_probe (void)
 	ec_ecdt->status_addr = ecdt_ptr->ec_control;
 	ec_ecdt->data_addr = ecdt_ptr->ec_data;
 	ec_ecdt->gpe_bit = ecdt_ptr->gpe_bit;
-	ec_ecdt->lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+	sema_init(&ec_ecdt->sem, 1);
 	/* use the GL just to be safe */
 	ec_ecdt->global_lock = TRUE;
 	ec_ecdt->uid = ecdt_ptr->uid;
