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   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   Pete!   
      
   On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:13:30 UTC, Peter Brown    
   wrote:   
      
   > Hi Dariusz   
   >    
   > Dariusz Piatkowski wrote:   
   > > On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:19:26 UTC, "Chuck McKinnis"    
   wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:59:19 UTC, "Lars Erdmann"   
   > >>   wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> I have updated the USB host controller drivers   
   > >>> USBUHCD.SYS,USBOHCD.SYS,USBEHCD.SYS.   
   > >>> I have now placed these on hobbes.   
   > >>> They will eventually make it into directory:   
   > >>> /pub/os2/system/drivers/misc   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I tried to fix problems with USBOHCD.SYS. I would be especially   
   interested   
   > >>> in usage reports for NEC OHCI HCs.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Lars   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >> I keep trying on my Lenovo M55.  I am running with PSD=OS2APIC.PSD for   
   > >> SMP support.  None of the last 4 or so drops have let me boot   
   > >> successfully.   
   > >>   
   > >> [C:\os2\boot]hcimonit   
   > >> You have 5 PCI USB UHCI host controller(s)   
   > >> You have 2 PCI USB EHCI host controller(s)   
   > >>   
   > >> I have not tried switching to PSD=ACPI.PSD /SMP /APIC.  Could that be   
   > >> the issue?   
   > >   
   > > Similar problem here...the last drop I tried was #11...system hangs (hard   
   hang,   
   > > no CAD reset) it seems right before the Desktop is about to come   
   up...haven't   
   > > quite narrowed it down yet...I dread doing a CHDKDSK boot on my machine   
   with 8   
   > > HPFS partitions...lol   
   > >   
   > > [G:\os2\boot]hcimonit   
   > > You have 5 PCI USB OHCI host controller(s)   
   > > You have 2 PCI USB EHCI host controller(s)   
   > >   
   > > My CONFIG.SYS has the following entries:   
   > >   
   > > === START ====   
   > > BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS   
   > > BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS   
   > > BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS   
   > > BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS   
   > > BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS   
   > > BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS /S:1   
   > > BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS /S:1   
   > > BASEDEV=USBD.SYS /REQ:USBOHCD$,USBEHCD$ /V   
   > > BASEDEV=USBHID.SYS /V   
   > > BASEDEV=USBMSD.ADD /REMOVABLES:4 /FLOPPIES:0 /V   
   > > DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\USBRESMG.SYS /V   
   > > === STOP ===   
   > >   
   > > When the freeze occurred I tried booting w/o the EHCD given my parms of   
   > > /S:1...but that made no difference.   
   > >   
   > > ...haven't tried #12 yet though...the working drop is :   
   > >   
   > >   1-07-11   1:26p     42048         124  usbehcd.sys   
   > >   1-07-11   1:27p     34488         124  usbohcd.sys   
   > >   1-07-11   1:28p     28422         124  usbuhcd.sys   
   > >   
   > > ...which is stamped as 10_168   
   > >   
   > > Lars,   
   > > Are there any specific settings we need to try to debug for you?   
   > >   
   > > Thanks!   
   >    
   > I would guess that usbohcd.sys was the cause of your system failing to    
   > boot when using the usbhcd11 build.   
   >    
   > Builds 8 through 11 inclusive failed to boot here with the problem    
   > resolved by reinstalling the IBM usbohcd.sys driver.   
   >    
   > However, using usbhcd12 drivers the system is booting fine and working    
   > with the only usb1 device I have - a trackball.   
   >    
   > Regards   
   >    
   > Pete   
      
   Excellent advice...I'll try to check this out later on tonight...once the    
   weekend 'TO-DO' list is somewhat taken care off...lol!   
      
   BTW: What speed settings are folks running with? I'm talking about the EHCD    
   driver which is the only one I think that accepts this parameter.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
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