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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:03:01 -0300 (BRT)
From:      "Nenhum_de_Nos" <matheus@eternamente.info>
To:        "Hans Petter Selasky" <hselasky@c2i.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem on usb boot from mini itx
Message-ID:  <5c9f8246fae4afdcc08d5723c812319f.squirrel@cygnus.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <200903031837.31972.hselasky@c2i.net>
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On Tue, March 3, 2009 14:37, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday 03 March 2009, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
>> On Tue, March 3, 2009 04:54, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>> > On Monday 02 March 2009, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
>> >> I got one, not a bit of change :(
>> >
>> > Is the USB HUB detected?
>>
>> as far as I can tell, not at all. It complaints about not finding the
>> kernel.
>
>
>> my hopes of this working are based int the fact that I can do this on
>> OpenBSD. So I think is doable (ok, I'm no specialist in this, you are.
>> If
>> you say can't, I will believe).
>>
>> and more info, if I use the 44 pin ide interface to boot, when fbsd is
>> on
>> I can use the usb ports ok. hope this info helps.
>
> There is something called USB BIOS legacy support, which is running until
> we
> switch some bits on the USB hardware. If I were to guess I think that is
> where the problem might be according to what you are writing.

I must have it on or off ?

As it is an hp thin client, I don't know if it has such an option. It has
a small flash disk (16MB or 32MB), so you think I can use these things
together to bypass this problem ?

if anyone has an a idea :)

thanks HPS

matheus

>> > have
>> > known problems with the USB hardware, but I cannot tell if your model
>> is
>> > affected. You could try editing the code /sys/dev/usb/usb_device.c and
>> > change
>> > it so that it will try the set_address command two times before giving
>> > up.
>>
>> when the loader in fbsd is called, it will run this code ?
>
> No, when the kernel is loaded. The loader is using the BIOS USB driver.
>
>> I will test this when I get home at night. thanks. If you have more
>> ideas,
>> please broadcast :)
>>
>> just as more info, I tried first to use pfSense from usb stick and never
>> it worked :( It nevet got to boot.
>>
>
> Ok.
>
> --HPS
>


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