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Subject2.6.11 (stable and -rc) ACPI breaks USB
Hi,

I just installed 2.6.11 and I was hit by the same bug (or feature?) I
found in -rcs. Basically my USB will work only if acpi=off was passed to
the kernel. It looks like without acpi=off it will assign IRQ 10 and with
acpi=off it will assign IRQ9. It worked at least with 2.6.9. I do not know
if the USB is completly broken but at least my speedtouch modem will not
work (the red led will be on for some time then completly black).


My lspci -vvv (2.6.11 with acpi=off):
# lspci -vvv
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 [IGD4-1P]
System Controller (rev 13)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Region 1: Memory at f7003000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 2: I/O ports at c000 [disabled] [size=4]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=16 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64-
HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit- FW+
Rate=x4

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 [IGD4-1P]
AGP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-efffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
South] (rev 40)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. KG7-Lite Mainboard
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
(prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 4: I/O ports at c400 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a) (prog-if
00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 9
Region 4: I/O ports at c800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a) (prog-if
00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 9
Region 4: I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
(rev 40)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 11
Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
Video Capture (rev 11)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at f7000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 63750ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at f7001000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
(rev 08)
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Live! 5.1 Model SB0100
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (500ns min, 5000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: I/O ports at d000
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game
Port (rev 08)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 0: I/O ports at d400
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:0d.0 Unknown mass storage controller: CMD Technology Inc Silicon
Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: CMD Technology Inc Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid
Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 32, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at d800
Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at e000 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at e800 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at f7002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

0000:00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at ec00
Region 1: Memory at f7004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2
GTS/Pro] (rev a4) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 248 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Region 1: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64-
HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
Command: RQ=16 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit- FW+
Rate=x4


My log (2.6.11 without acpi=off):
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usbcore: registered new driver hub
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 10
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 10
(level, low) -> IRQ 10
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur parport_pc: VIA 686A/8231 detected
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur parport_pc: probing current configuration
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur parport_pc: Current parallel port base: 0x378
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur parport_pc: Strange, can't probe VIA parallel port:
io=0x378, irq=7, dma=-1
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur pnp: the driver 'parport_pc' has been registered
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:09' and
the driver 'parport_pc'
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP(,...)]
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:07.2[D] -> GSI 10
(level, low) -> IRQ 10
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: UHCI Host Controller
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 10, io base 0xc800
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered,
assigned bus number 1
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:07.3[D] -> GSI 10
(level, low) -> IRQ 10
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: UHCI Host Controller
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: irq 10, io base 0xcc00
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: new USB bus registered,
assigned bus number 2
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 2
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv: using 32 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each
for capture
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 5
(level, low) -> IRQ 5
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:09.0, irq: 5,
latency: 32, mmio: 0xf7000000
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: using: Prolink Pixelview PV-BT878P+
(Rev.4C,8E) [card=70,insmod option]
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffc0ff
[init]
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: using tuner=25
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not
found
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not
found
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not
found
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur tvaudio: known chips:
tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6320,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54
(PV951),ta8874z
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not
found
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (bt878 #0 [sw])
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur tuner 0-0061: type set to 25 (LG PAL_I+FM
(TAPC-I001D))
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: registered device video0
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: registered device vbi0
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: registered device radio0
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur bttv0: add subdevice "remote0"
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: Unlink after no-IRQ?
Controller is probably using the wrong IRQ.
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: khubd timed out on ep0in
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur gameport: pci0000:00:0b.1 speed 1242 kHz
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8
ports, IRQ sharing disabled
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur pnp: the driver 'serial' has been registered
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:07' and
the driver 'serial'
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:08' and
the driver 'serial'
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: khubd timed out on ep0out
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur eth0: link down
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur eth0: link down
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: khubd timed out on ep0out
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: device not accepting address 2, error -110
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 3
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: khubd timed out on ep0in
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: khubd timed out on ep0out
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: khubd timed out on ep0out
Mar 2 23:36:56 kangur usb 1-2: device not accepting address 3, error -110


My log (2.6.11 with acpi=off):
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur usbcore: registered new driver hub
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:0b.0
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:07.2
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:07.3
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur parport_pc: VIA 686A/8231 detected
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur parport_pc: probing current configuration
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur parport_pc: Current parallel port base: 0x378
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur parport_pc: Strange, can't probe VIA parallel port:
io=0x378, irq=7, dma=-1
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur pnp: the driver 'parport_pc' has been registered
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP(,...)]
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:07.2
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:07.3
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:0b.0
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: UHCI Host Controller
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 9, io base 0xc800
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered,
assigned bus number 1
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:07.3
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:07.2
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:0b.0
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: UHCI Host Controller
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: irq 9, io base 0xcc00
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: new USB bus registered,
assigned bus number 2
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Mar 3 01:45:48 kangur usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 2


Could somebody produce fast patch for me?


Thanks in advance,

Grzegorz Kulewski

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