hangs during boot - EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug ?)

hangs during boot - EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug ?)

[Christian Volk]

I have a 5-6 seconds delay while booting the 2.6.17.8 Kernel with only 
EHCI support on a Jetway J7F2WE1G5-OC-PB motherboard.
What exactly does the error during bootprocess mean?

Bios
USB 2.0 Support = enabled
USB Device Legacy Support = All On


bootlog
....
0000:00:10.4 EHCI: BIOS handoff
0000:00:10.4 EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug ?) 01010001
....

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0314
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1314
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2314
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3208
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4314
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7314
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
00:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host 
Controller (rev 80)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge 
[KT600/K8T800 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] 
(rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown 
device 3344 (rev 01)

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Re: hangs during boot - EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug ?)

[Robert Hancock]

Christian Volk wrote:
> I have a 5-6 seconds delay while booting the 2.6.17.8 Kernel with only 
> EHCI support on a Jetway J7F2WE1G5-OC-PB motherboard.
> What exactly does the error during bootprocess mean?
> 
> Bios
> USB 2.0 Support = enabled
> USB Device Legacy Support = All On
> 
> 
> bootlog
> ...
> 0000:00:10.4 EHCI: BIOS handoff
> 0000:00:10.4 EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug ?) 01010001

It means that the EHCI driver was unable to take control of the USB 
controller away from the BIOS. Try upgrading the BIOS or disabling USB 
legacy in the BIOS and see if that helps.

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