Is there a method to not probe certain devices at startup?

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

yes, but not the usb, I really wish there was.

At least your system boots.  My Compaq 1600R's freeze when
the USB port is probed.  Installing FreeBSD means I have to
build a custom release that has the USB drivers out of the
kernel.

rcompile your kernel without the USB driver.

Ted

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Danny MacMillan
>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:16 AM
>To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Is there a method to not probe certain devices at startup?
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a FreeBSD 4.11 box (monowall, actually) that has apparently had a
>bit of a crisis with its USB controller hardware.  This is completely
>irrelevant to me as it is a purpose-built box with no need to use USB
>now or in the future.  The only problem is that when the box boots, it
>hangs for about 5 to 10 minutes trying to talk to the USB device.
>
>Here is an excerpt from dmesg (pardon the wrapping):
>
>uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 11 at device
>16.0 on pci0
>usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
>usb0: USB revision 1.0
>uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 11 at device
>16.1 on pci0
>usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
>usb1: USB revision 1.0
>uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>uhci2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 9 at device
>16.2 on pci0
>usb2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci2
>usb2: USB revision 1.0
>uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>uhub2: device problem, disabling port 2
>
>Immediately before the last line of output above is where it hangs.
>
>I found some oblique references to device.hints on google but I couldn't
>find anything that describes exactly what needs to go in that file.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Danny MacMillan
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