ACPI not setting up I/O Memory mappings

["Michael J. Kidd" <mjkidd@linuxkidd.com>]

ACPI not setting up I/O Memory mappings for USB and PCMCIA controllers 
on Averatec C3500 Laptop..  Can anyone help with this?  Please...

Michael J. Kidd

> Hello all,
> I have an Averatec C3500 Convertible Tablet PC.  With the initial bios 
> version that ships with the unit, USB and PCMCIA both work fine in 
> linux.  However, there is a terrible keyboard lag and dropped keys.  
> The follow-on bios revisions fixed the keyboard issues, but caused USB 
> and PCMCIA to both stop working.  Note: All devices continue to 
> operate fine in Windows.  I'm posting this here in hopes that someone 
> will take interest in this issue ( there are several others trying to 
> use linux on these laptops. )  I've captured dmesg output after 
> enabling CONFIG_USB_DEBUG and CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG in the kernel 
> config, and the output from lspci -vvxxx, as well as the DSDT output 
> from both the original BIOS ( USB working / Keyboard not ) and the 
> latest BIOS revision ( USB Not working / Keyboard works great ).
>
> The link for all this captured data is: 
> http://www.linuxkidd.com/c3500   I've detailed the machine hardware, 
> running kernel, etc.. as well as linked to all the above described 
> captures.
>
> After posting the above request to the linux-usb list, Alan Stern 
> responded with:
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> According to the log, the I/O memory mappings for the USB and PCMCIA
> controllers aren't getting set up. It's not a USB or PCMCIA issue at all;
> you should ask for help on the PCI and ACPI mailing lists.
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>
> So, here I am...
>
> If there's anything else I can provide to assist in troubleshooting,
> Please ask!  I'd really like to get this working.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Michael J. Kidd
>