From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270214AbTG1Pwd (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:52:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270219AbTG1Pwd (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:52:33 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:5174 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270214AbTG1Pwb (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:52:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:07:43 -0400 From: Pete Zaitcev To: Alan Cox Cc: Pete Zaitcev , Andries Brouwer , Chris Heath , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: i8042 problem Message-ID: <20030728120743.A15048@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <20030726093619.GA973@win.tue.nl> <20030726212513.A0BD.CHRIS@heathens.co.nz> <20030727020621.A11637@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20030727104726.GA1313@win.tue.nl> <20030727215545.A21295@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <1059391505.15440.12.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1059391505.15440.12.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 12:25:05PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > From: Alan Cox > Date: 28 Jul 2003 12:25:05 +0100 > > > So the culprit is the failing of atkbd_probe(). > > > It does a ATKBD_CMD_GETID, but gets no answer, then a > > > ATKBD_CMD_SETLEDS, and that command fails. > > > > I see the light now. Somehow I imagined that atkbd code does not call > > the ->open for the port. Now it all falls into place. Everything works > > with a bigger timeout. > > Unfortunately with this change several people still report failures I'm afraid it is to be expected. They have to go through the motions of setting DEBUG. Unfortunately, it's not all that simple. Messages scroll up and since the keyboard is dead, they cannot be returned with Shift-PgUp. I used a serial console. I think it's more effort most people are prepared to spend. -- Pete