From: Parag Warudkar <kernel-stuff@comcast.net>
To: John Livingston <jujutama@comcast.net>
Cc: Aleksey Gorelov <Aleksey_Gorelov@Phoenix.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to find if BIOS has already enabled the device
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:57:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200505280957.46853.kernel-stuff@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4297E475.3040906@comcast.net>
On Friday 27 May 2005 23:24, John Livingston wrote:
> Also, is your BIOS fully up to date/modern? A quick Google search found
> a few things like this:
> http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-18940-USB-Hub-And-Boot-Problems.ht
>ml The problem might be more generic than a bad interaction between drive
> and kernel.
My BIOS is the latest version available from the laptop vendor. The laptop has
some minor but peculiar issues - If I boot into Windows XP all works fine all
the times (With USB HDD on during boot). If I then restart the machine
(without turning off) and boot into Linux - Linux doesn't detect my keyboard.
I have power it off and reboot, only then it will detect the keyboard. So I
wouldn't say the machine is 100% defect free but Windows has a way to work
around it.
This current problem of Hang-On-Boot if USB drive is attached does not happen
with Windows - so it is some sort of additional (unnecessary?) thing which
Linux does and the BIOS doesn't like. (Like re-enabling the controller even
if BIOS has already enabled it or some such.)
Parag
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-28 13:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-28 1:34 How to find if BIOS has already enabled the device Aleksey Gorelov
2005-05-28 1:50 ` Parag Warudkar
2005-05-28 3:24 ` John Livingston
2005-05-28 13:57 ` Parag Warudkar [this message]
2005-05-28 14:04 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-28 14:18 ` Parag Warudkar
2005-05-28 14:37 ` Parag Warudkar
2005-05-28 16:15 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-28 17:01 ` Parag Warudkar
2005-05-29 0:06 ` Lee Revell
2005-05-29 0:17 ` Parag Warudkar
2005-05-30 3:22 ` Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-
2005-06-01 1:12 ` Parag Warudkar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-05-30 14:49 Parag Warudkar
2005-07-12 2:55 Parag Warudkar
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