ehci-hcd.o still a problem kernels > 2.4.20?

I'm noticing the following in kernels > 2.4.20:

I'm getting an odd error when kernel boots that the ehci-hcd.o.gz can't load..

or if doing an insmod ehci-hcd I get:

insmod ehci-hcd
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.5/kernel/drivers/usb/hcd/ehci-hcd.o.gz /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.5/kernel/drivers/usb/hcd/ehci-hcd.o.gz: init_module: No such device

Dmesg and everything else points to it loading:

hcd.c: ehci-hcd @ 00:1d.7, Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller

and:

Doing an lspci bears this out:

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 02)

No idea why the kernel is balking at boot and not logging this to kernel messages!

Any more ideas on a good fix for this?

Anyone interested can chime in on RH bugzilla #79210

Thanks,

Frank