On Thursday 01 July 2004 21:53, Steve Bellovin wrote:
> I'm seeing the following error message about the ehci controller (all
> usb-related output included).  If it matters, this is an acpi+mp
> kernel, built from yesterday's source.
>
>...
> ehci0: wrong number of companions (4 != 3) 
> ehci0: init failed, error=13

Well, this is probably a bug in your BIOS.  What happens if you take out the 
return just after that message?