Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:54:18 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Danny MacMillan" <flowers@users.sourceforge.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Is there a method to not probe certain devices at startup? Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEPJFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <446B5A6A.7080807@users.sourceforge.net>
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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@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Danny MacMillan >Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:16 AM >To: freebsd-questions@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 >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.0/341 - Release Date: 5/16/2006 >
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