USB still not working properly

[Bernd Walter]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 10:49:06AM -0400, Nicolas Blais wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had this problem for about 2 months now and posted twice about it but no 
> replies.  My problem is that when I enable ehci in my kernel. There will be a 
> 5 minutes delay at boot during the probing of my memory card reader. Which 
> ends up not working : 
> 
> ehci0: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfb800000-0xfb8000ff irq 5 at 
> device 16.4 on pci0
> ehci0: Reserved 0x100 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfb800000
> ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> usb4: waiting for BIOS to give up control
> usb4: EHCI version 1.0
> usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3
> usb4: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
> usb4: USB revision 2.0
> uhub4: VIA EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
> umass0: VIA Technologies Inc. Mitsumi multi cardreader, rev 2.00/0.03, addr 2
> umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
> <snip>
> probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Request completed with CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Request completed with CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Request completed with CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Request completed with CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Request completed with CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): error 5
> (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retries Exausted
> 
> If I disable ehci, it will boot without the delay. My memory card reader still 
> doesn't work and my mouse (ums, standard logitech optical) is no longer 
> detected at boot.  I must unplug it, then plug it back and it will work.
> 
> The main problem is not actually the memory card reader not working (but would 
> be nice), but the 5 minute delay which is long downtime, and the fact that my 
> mouse doesn't work at boot without ehci. (yes, the memory card reader works 
> great in XP).
> 
> Any solutions?

Don't use VIA or ALI based host-controller.

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