Bug#341329: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386: usb 2.0 pci card with ali 5273 chip not working

[Dan Aronson <dan@catolabs.org>]

Seems to be a BIOS bug that backported 2.6.12 gets past.  Fine solution 
for me.

--dan

ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: BIOS handoff failed (112, 1010001)
ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: continuing after BIOS bug...
ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: irq 209, io mem 0x40700000
ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004

Horms wrote:

> In article <E1EhGiK-0001td-Fa__9811.78573933921$1133314562$gmane$org@dan-server.catolabs.org> you wrote:
>  
>
> > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386
> > Version: 2.6.8-16
> > Severity: important
> >
> > I recently bouch a compusa brand usb 2.0 2 port card
> > (model pci-usbali5273-2p-2).  It doesn't work, the ehci module
> > reports:
> >
> > ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller
> > ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: BIOS handoff failed (112, 1010001)
> > ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: can't reset
> > ehci_hcd 0000:02:0d.3: init 0000:02:0d.3 fail, -95
> > ehci_hcd: probe of 0000:02:0d.3 failed with error -95
> >    
>
> I think I need to write a canned response for 2.6.8 bugs:
>
> As upstream kernel development moves at a rapid pace its virtually
> impossible to backport other than trivial fixes. Without spending
> a lot of time investingating your problem, would it be possible
> to see if the 2.6.12 backport to sarge, a significantly newer kernel,
> helps your immediate problem.
>
> http://packages.vergenet.net/sarge-backports/
>
>