Re: [OHCI] BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?)

From: thockin
Date: Fri Dec 01 2006 - 18:31:08 EST


On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:02:01PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:28:55 +0100, Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I also increased the wait time from 5 seconds to 20 in
> > drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c but that didn't change anything.
>
> That was a good try, but I thought maybe it needs doing something
> twice, or having some extra bits set... There's always a possibility
> that the BIOS refuses the handoff on purpose though. If it does not
> cause any misbehaviour, it may be safe to ignore.

BIOS handoff assumes an SMI, right? Could SMI be masked?
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