[CentOS] usb irq problem

[partha chowdhury]

On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 11:43 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> I'm seeing this same problem on IBM HS21-8853 blades.
> 
> It _seems_ like a bug in IRQ routing in BIOS/motherboard.. ACPI issue? 
> 
> With IBM blades I'm able to fix the problem by generating the initrd image
> with "--without-usb" switch.. this delays the USB module initialization/loading,
> somehow fixing the problem.. giving different IRQ to USB controller.
> 
> -- Pasi
> _______________________________________________

i just tried your fix and it solved the problem. now the usb drive does
not disappear any more. Thank you !