From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 18 09:55:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7993106566C for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA9268FC0C for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6929446B06; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:55:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from John-Baldwins-Macbook-Pro.local (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 43B558A01B; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:55:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4AB3590A.5040805@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:55:22 -0400 From: John Baldwin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen References: <200909171300.n8HD0GbZ059265@freefall.freebsd.org> <20090918102700.7ba596a6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20090918102700.7ba596a6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:55:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=4.2 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/138882: Can't install FreeBSD 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:24 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:16 +0000 (GMT) > John Baldwin wrote: > >> Try turning off legacy USB support in your BIOS. I have a machine >> at home that has run 6.x and 7.x/i386 that has this same issue. The >> problem appears to be that ohci_reset() doesn't fully clear the >> state of the ohci(4) controller and when the driver first probes it >> sees a completed USB request that was the last request initiated by >> the BIOS. > > Or if that doesn't work (I have a M2A-VM HDMI, but I don't know how old > a BIOS he has) he can remove all usb attached devices during boot. > For some reason, most devices work fine when plugged in after the > machine has booted. > (Some devices will panic the machine, but that is another story) Yes, that is true in my experience as well. In my case I have a UPS with a USB adapter plugged in and removing it during boot was another workaround. -- John Baldwin