Bug#316848: kernel-source-2.6.8: "BIOS handoff failed" error loading ehci_hcd module on Asus P4P800 mainboard

[Fabio Muzzi <kurgan@kurgan.org>]

Package: kernel-source-2.6.8
Version: 2.6.8-16
Severity: normal


I have compiled my  kernel from the Debian sources (2.6.8-16) and I havo
found that on an Asus P4P800 mainboard (that worked with 2.4.26) when I
do "modprobe usb-ehci" I get the following error in syslog:

casa kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
casa kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
casa kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: BIOS handoff failed (104, 1010001)
casa kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: can't reset
casa kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: init 0000:00:1d.7 fail, -95
casa kernel: ehci_hcd: probe of 0000:00:1d.7 failed with error -95

The module gets loaded but usb2 peripherals fail to work completely.

I have googled for some more info, and found that this is a known issue
with kernel 2.6.8 and some BIOSes. 

Here is a link to a discussion about it:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0407.1/1336.html




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.8 depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.15-6     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  bzip2                         1.0.2-7    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 

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