On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, David Engraf wrote: > At the moment I have a Jetway/VIA Mainboard which seems to have a problem > with the handoff. Even > when I wait about 20 seconds the EHCI_USBLEGSUP_BIOS flag is not cleared. > I think this is a BIOS > bug and I will have to talk to Jetway/VIA.
I have the same problem on my Intel motherboard. Which is surprising, considering that Intel invented the BIOS-handoff technique. > On the other hand, I don't need the EHCI controller in my kernel, so I > think the kernel shouldn't take the > handover for the EHCI controller like other OS which do not have an usb > driver and so don't know that > there is a EHCI_USBLEGSUP_BIOS flag which should be cleared. There ought to be a solution to satisfy everybody. For instance, you could add a Kconfig flag for enabling USB handoff, and make it be selected automatically if any of the PCI USB drivers are configured. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
