The problem isn't related to certain USB devices. We were also able to
reproduce the problem with other usb devices! So I deleted this part
from the problem description.
** Description changed:
The problem is that the system hangs *sometimes* during boot up. We
found out that it's somehow related to our usb devices. When the system
hangs, we disconnect the USB HUB (disconnecting a device doesn't change
- anything) and the system continues to boot.
+ anything) and the system continues to boot. The problem isn't related to
+ certain USB devices. We were able to reproduce it with different HW.
Our System:
- TYAN S2915 Motherboard
- 2 Opteron Quad Core CPU's (--> 8 Cores in total)
- 4GB Memory
- USB HUB with devices:
- - HUB: SMSC USB2507 Chip is used (Bus Powered)
- - port 1: USB DVD drive (High Speed)
- - port 4: USB touch screen (Low Speed)
- - port 6: custom made HID keyboard (using Atmel AT91SAM7S64) (Full Speed)
- - port 7: USB HID Trackball (Low Speed)
-
What we tried so far (more than 2000 reboots):
- disabling Legacy USB Support in Bios (--> works but isn't satisfying for
Customer)
- - disconnecting the custom keyboard & trackball changes the problem (other
error message), but disconnecting them isn't an option
- - disconnecting the trackball --> the problem gets less frequent
- updating the BIOS --> we have the latest version
- tested different linux kernels:
- 2.6.24-18 (Ubuntu 8.04 after installation)
- 2.6.24-21 (Ubuntu 8.04 after update)
- 2.6.27-7 (Ubuntu 8.10 after installation)
- 2.6.27-11 (Ubuntu 8.10 after update)
- 2.6.28-4 (custom compiled kernel with default configuration)
So when does the system hang? That's not completely clear... the last
displayed line (during boot) changes most of the time:
- [ 0.020389] ACPI: Checking initramfs for custom DSDT
- [ 0.312865] ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
+ - [ 0.732091] Booting processor 5/5 ip 6000
- [ 1.220292] checking if image is initramfs... it is
-
- I'm not sure any more if it ever hung at this line:
- - [ 0.732091] Booting processor 5/5 ip 6000
After I removed the custom keyboard & trackball:
- [ 16.894055] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Any suggestions are highly appreciated! THANKS!!!
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system hangs during boot, when certain usb devices attached
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