Shuttle ST20G5 USB not working with Devil Linux

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Shuttle ST20G5 USB not working with Devil Linux

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[Problem]
When trying to use USB devices on a booted Devil Linux system, you might run into a wall, being this error message:

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usb 4-2: device not accepting address [i]nn[/i], error -110
[Solution]
It took a while to find this one out, after trying a lot of USB chipset driver modules and a lot of other things.

The problem appears to be in the IRQ sharing; It doesnt work with the USB chipset in the ST20G5. The solution is quite easy once you found the root of the problem:
Disable APIC in BIOS! The USB Controller will get his dedicated IRQ, and you can plug in your stuff and see (with dmesg) it coming up without any errors. Unless you dont have a module for whatever you want to plug in :)
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