Re: lockup at boot with kernel 2.6.14...

[Soenke von Stamm <sstamm@affili.net>]

I had a similar problem with an older kernel when discover loaded the ehci 
modules. It was only, when an USB 2.0 devices was attached to the USB port, a 
card reader in this case. Chipset is ATI Xpress 200 North- and ULi 
southbridge, I think USB is in the SB. Kernel was 2.6.11 i386 and amd64. In 
i386 it hung for a minute or two and then continued (haven't tested if 
cardreader worked afterwards), amd64 just hug completely.
My problem was solved with 2.6.12 at least for i386. Maybe there's a similar 
problem in your (although newer) kernel rev. You might want to try to move 
away the corresponding kernel module (or otherwise disable its loading) just 
to see what happens. Be careful, it might sit in the initrd.


       Sönke