fix/workaround for usb probe lockups on nForce2 mbs
Brandon Fosdick
bfoz at terrandev.com
Thu Sep 25 21:25:38 PDT 2003
Andrew Atrens wrote:
>
> All,
>
> The attached patch fixes the boot lockups I've been experiencing on my
> nForce2 (A7N8X-Deluxe) motherboards when usb devices are on the bus at
> boot time.
>
> Looks like something in usb_explore is (inadvertently?) enabling
> interrupts if it detects a device on a port. The fix is, during hub
> attach, to not assume that interrupts are off when we access the hub in
> 'polling' mode.
>
> Not sure if this is a fix or a workaround. I'll leave that to the usb
> gods to decide ...
>
> At any rate, I'd appreciate some feedback ... nForce2 users, does this
> work for you ?
It worked for me. I had to do a full buildworld, just doing buildkernel
wasn't enough. Thanks for the patch.
At this point I'm not sure if I want to try the patch from Ian Dowse
since its working now and my USB hub is showing up as an OHCI.
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