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>]

Horms,
 I don't know why I didn't see it yesterday when I looked, but this 
seems to be the same bug
as 316848.  Sorry for making you reply again.  I'll be even more careful 
next time.

--dan

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/
>
>