Subject: Re: USB doesn't work on a Sony Vaio
To: Lennart Augustsson <augustss@cs.chalmers.se>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 08/22/1998 10:49:19
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:53:26 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Lennart Augustsson <augustss@cs.chalmers.se> wrote:

 > Fron what I can figure out the problem is that the BIOS doesn't set 
 > the I/O registers in the UHCI controller as it should.  Appearantly it
 > is part of the PCI specs that the BIOS should do this, but it hasn't.

The BIOS probably has a "Plug'N'Play OS" option in it.  Set it to "FALSE",
so that it will actually do the PCI configuration.

BTW, yes, as I interpret it, this is a blatant violation of the PCI spec.

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