Bug 50225

Do you have any USB devices that you need to use during the install?

No I do not need to use any USB devices during the install. I will need to set a Serial adapter - but 
that could be a post install procedure. The installer crashed both with the adapter connected and 
disconnected...

RH6.2 installs without any problems...

try booting with "linux nousb" at the boot: prompt

alon, any more info here?

ok.. installing with the nousb did enable finishing the installation. However
teh hang now happens with normal boot too. I can boot with "linux nousb" and it
does not hang. however I have no usb support. I tried to add the module manually
after the boot has finished and it hangs immediately. I am talking about the
ohci module (usb-ohci). this is also the case after a kernel update to 2.4.7 -
exact same hang.

Alon

Ok.  The problem seems to be with the USB handling, not the installer.  Changing
component.

See also Bug 51063. Symptoms are similar.

Not marking as duplicate just yet because:
1. A different host controller is used.
2. No USB devices are attached to the laptop.

It is established that 51083 is not a dup, which is good.

Requestor, please attach output from lspci -v.I am afraid it may be ALi OHCI
there (phear!).

output of lspci -v is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1621 (rev 01)
	Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 0
	Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 1.0
	Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 1

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5247 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 
[Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: 80500000-818fffff

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown 
device 5451 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 020f
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
	Memory at 81a00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge 
[Aladdin IV]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1

00:10.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c3) (prog-if 
fa)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 15
	I/O ports at 7050 [size=16]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU
	Flags: medium devsel

00:13.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6812 Cardbus Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 01a3
	Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 10
	Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: 10400000-107ff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: 10800000-10bff000
	I/O window 0: 00000000-00000003
	I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:14.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-
if 10 [OHCI])
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
	Memory at 81c00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems: Unknown device 8620 
(rev 5d) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
	Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0213
	Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 10
	Memory at 80800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
	Memory at 80500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	Memory at 81000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
	Expansion ROM at 80520000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [80] AGP version 1.0
	Capabilities: [90] Power Management version 1



Is that what you feared?

Alon

From: Taral <taral>
Newsgroups: linux-kernel
Subject: USB lockup on Thinkpad i1300
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 04:45:27 -0500
To: linux-kernel.org

My thinkpad happily locks up with both 2.4.9 and 2.4.10-pre14 when I
load usb-ohci. Tracing with kdb shows that the system locks up right
after executing this: (usb-ohci.c:2137)

        /* HC Reset requires max 10 ms delay */
        writel (OHCI_HCR,  &ohci->regs->cmdstatus);

Anyone have any idea? The processor apparently never gets to the next
instruction.

[Cc: me please, I'm not on this list.]

P.S. System chipset is ALi:

00:14.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03)
(prog-if+10 [OHCI])
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at 82400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

Shares IRQ with cardbus bridge and lcd controller.

--
Taral <taral>

Is running self-compiled kernels with patches feasible
on the target machine?

Yes, of course!!

all kernels I run are compiled by me..


Alon

Has any progress been made with this problem? I have the same problem on an IBM 
Thinkpad i1300.

I forgot to add: I will help with debugging too, if I can be of any help. I am
running Mandrake 8.1 though.

This problem has been around for a long time.  On IBM and Compaq laptops of 
varying types, USB support is not working, most likely because of a bug in the 
USB_OHCI drivers.  I have tried many different settings to resolve this issue 
but to no avail.  The most annoying piece of the puzzle is that all the 
hardware is correctly identified and the system ONLY locks up when loading the 
USB drivers of any type (ohci or other).  There is definitely a driver problem 
here that affects a huge number of machines using this specific chipset.  I'm 
almost at the point of buying a new laptop since this problem is unlikely to be 
resolved anytime soon.  I did manage to get RHL 7.3 installed afer a lot of 
searching since the nousb option does not work during install (oops!) and you 
have to disable pcmcia at startup to avoid consecutive lockups.  The i1300 
series has no serial port so it's USB or PS2 port only.  I wish this could be 
fixed.

I had the same problem on a TP i1200 and this is only workaround I found. On
starting the install, type "linux pci=conf2" or "linux pci=off" as the
bootloader options. This will suppress the lockup on detection of USB devices on
the computers that have the defective USB. If you want to have the full text go to :

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~chhabra/linuxonTPi1300.html

Hope this helps !

*** Bug 75122 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

The "nousb" option is fixed in RH8.0, so there's no need for gymnastics
with PCI detection.

This bug is stalled, basically. Someone has to poke IBM and ALi and
get specs and errata, but I really do not have the time.

Created attachment 81784 [details]
Candidate fix

CVS HEAD >2.4.19-0.2

The -ac has a simplified version.