Re: USB problems since 2.4.2

[Johannes Erdfelt]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001, josh <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001, josh <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > > Kernel: 2.4.2 - latest (2.4.3-ac12)
> > > Platform: x86 on mangled Slack7.1
> > > Hardware: MSI 694D Pro-AR
> > > ( http://www.msicomputer.com/products/detail.asp?ProductID=150 )
> > > 
> > > Problem: USB devices timeout on address assignment. Course thats with the
> > > non JE driver, with the JE driver the bus doesnt even say that anything
> > > gets connected.
> > > 
> > > when any device is plugged in:
> > > *************************************
> > > hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 4
> > > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> > > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-110)
> > > hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 5
> > > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> > > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-110)
> > > *************************************
> > 
> > Can you try booting your kernel with the "noapic" option and see if it
> > still happens?
> 
> DING DING DING!  that did the trick. Thnx!

It's less than optimal however. You have an IRQ routing problem with
your I/O APIC's it seems. A BIOS upgrade may fix this, but I don't know
if it will in your particular case.

"noapic" will make things work atleast, but everything will be sent to
one CPU (assuming you have more than one CPU :)

JE