Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:55 -0500 From: Charles Owens <cowens@greatbaysoftware.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB bus setup error with 7.1 + PAE Message-ID: <4B174607.8030509@greatbaysoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <200912022332.21245.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <4B070F07.8010600@greatbaysoftware.com> <4B169F1F.8050100@greatbaysoftware.com> <200912022332.21245.hselasky@c2i.net>
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Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Wednesday 02 December 2009 18:08:47 Charles Owens wrote: >> [originally posted to -hardware] >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm having problems with the functioning of USB keyboards with an IBM >> System x3550 M2 (new quad core Xeon, 6 GB RAM). With a FreeBSD 7.1 >> PAE-enabled kernel, initialization of some of the USB buses fails. From >> an external perspective, this results in the rear USB port being >> non-functional, while the two front USB ports work fine. For some >> reason, though, when booting the same PAE kernel from a CD none of the >> USB ports function. It may be worth noting that we have four other >> hardware platforms (different IBM, HP, and OEM Intel) that do not >> exhibit this behavior (ie. PAE and USB seem okay with each other). >> >> In previous posting ( >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4B0D14CB.1010000 ) I included output >> of usbdevs and boot log when running the PAE-enabled kernel. Note the >> "root hub error" messages in boot log. >> >> Below I'll repeat the same info when running a non-PAE kernel. >> >> Any thoughts as to what the story is here... and suggestions for >> resolution? Thanks in advance. (We expect in next few days to test >> with 8.0 for comparison, but at this point much prefer to see matter >> resolved in 7.x) >> >> ... > > Hi, > > The USB stack in 8.0-RELEASE has power save enabled by default. Maybe > something in that area is not wired correctly in the hardware. > > You can try: > > usbconfig -u X -a Y power_on > > For all your HUBs and root HUBs. > > --HPS > > Thank you, but we're seeing the problem with 7.1 . Charles
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