Bug 233108

Summary:	BIOS handoff failed
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Rainer Koenig <Rainer.Koenig>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Red Hat Kernel Manager <kernel-mgr>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Martin Jenner <mjenner>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4.4	CC:	akarlsso, emcnabb, lfriedman
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Rainer Koenig 2007-03-20 14:50:50 UTC

Description of problem:
When booting I get sporadically:

ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: BIOS handoff failed (160, 1010001)
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: continuing after BIOS bug...


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Kernel 2.6.9-42.08.ELsmp (x86_64)

How reproducible:
Sporadically, usually always after transitions from PS/2 keyboard and mouse to
USB equipment and vice versa. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL
2. Boot with PS/2 keyboard & mouse
3. shutdown
4. unplug PS/2 keyboard & mouse
5. plug USB keyboard & mouse
6. Boot again.
  
Actual results:
Error messages occur, system needs about 15 minutes to reach the login screen.

Expected results:
No error, much faster startup

Additional info:
System is a dual Opteron workstation with 2 dual core CPUs. Nvidia MCP55 chipset.

Comment 2 Prarit Bhargava 2007-09-18 11:06:59 UTC

Closing re comment #1.

P.