On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:48:24AM +0100, Carlo E. Prelz wrote: > Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: ATI RS480-based motherboard: stuck > while booting with kernel >= 2.6.15 rc1 > Date: gio 09 feb 06 10:00:13 -0800 > > Quoting David Brownell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > So at this point I'm thinking that the safe course is going to be > > just completely disabling that dubious "force SMIs on" logic that > > only ever lived in the "early" version of the EHCI handoff code. > > > > If Alexey can come up with documentation on when it was needed, > > then maybe it could be re-enabled only on those systems. But > > otherwise, we only have examples of systems being broken by it. > > I have applied your patch to a clean pci-quirks.c source file. It > booted OK on my Sapphire motherboard. > > These printouts are generated: > > 0000:00:13.2 EHCI: BIOS handoff > 0000:00:13.2 EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug ?) 01010001 > > (after the 5-second waiting loop). USB works OK.
Great, thanks for testing, I've added this patch to my kernel trees, and will forward it on for inclusion. I also tested this on my funky EHCI laptop, and it still works, which is good... thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
