On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 10:32:49AM +0100, Juergen Sauer wrote:
> Hi!
> Merry X-Mas everywhere !
>
> So, my USB tryout is over.
> This is the expierience report:
> You should not try to use VIA Chipsets + SMP + USB, that's
> the worst thinkable idea. It's junk (usb-Part).
Depends on the motherboard. What one do you have?
> That's why:
> 1. not solved USB Irq errors in APIC mode, causes:
> Error -110, device does not accept ID
> USB Host is recognized fine, no device is attaced
>
> This is an error somewhere in the Kernel APIC Irq routing, which may
> worked around with "append noapic pirq="your irq" but using such a cutdown
> USB System is not a good idea, no relly working bulk-transfers (forget
> any devices which depend from it: scanners, camera, sound, isdn,
> harddisks, zip etc.)
I have a SMP motherboard that requires this (noapic setting). With that
set, everything works fine including bulk transfers and all other USB
devices that I have.
What error messages do you have showing that bulk transfers do not work?
thanks,
greg k-h
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