Re: PS/2 Slowness w/ 2.6.0-test9-bk2

Re: PS/2 Slowness w/ 2.6.0-test9-bk2

[walt]

Shawn Starr wrote:
> Apon trying the latest -bk, I've noticed changes in how the kernel
> determines mouse rate.
> 
> Although this was easy to fix with gpm, XFree86-HEAD does not seem to
> honor any manual overriding of the mouse rate. Even when setting the rate
> to 60 this did not work.
> 
> After reverting the psmouse-base.c changes XFree86 behaved like previous.
> 
> I would suggest reverting the patch until this issue is resolved. I don't
> know what X is doing to get the mouse rate but it certainly ignored it
> when I set psmouse_rate=60 in kernel parameters. Perhaps someone knows
> something I'm not doing...

I have the same problem, but I find that booting with the psmouse_noext
kernel parameter reverses the unwanted behavior.

My other 2.6 machine running with a KVM switch is not at all affected
by the recent change.

[PATCH] Re: PS/2 Slowness w/ 2.6.0-test9-bk2

[Ramón Rey Vicente]

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El mié, 29-10-2003 a las 01:48, walt escribió:

> I have the same problem, but I find that booting with the psmouse_noext
> kernel parameter reverses the unwanted behavior.

I've made a patch with a workaround, a new MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE option
:). I hope this help somebody while Linus/someone find the perfect
solution
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Index: Kconfig
===================================================================
--- Kconfig	(revision 13674)
+++ Kconfig	(working copy)
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called psmouse.
 
+config MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE
+	bool "Force rate of PS/2 mouse"
+	default n
+	depends on MOUSE_PS2
+	---help---
+	  Say Y if you experiment slowness problems with your PS/2 mouse.
+
 config MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS
 	bool "Synaptics TouchPad"
 	default n
Index: psmouse-base.c
===================================================================
--- psmouse-base.c	(revision 14241)
+++ psmouse-base.c	(working copy)
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@
 
 static int psmouse_noext;
 int psmouse_resolution;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE
+unsigned int psmouse_rate = 60;
+#else
 unsigned int psmouse_rate;
+#endif
+
 int psmouse_smartscroll = PSMOUSE_LOGITECH_SMARTSCROLL;
 unsigned int psmouse_resetafter;
 
@@ -471,16 +477,23 @@
  * We set the mouse report rate.
  */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE
+	psmouse_set_rate(psmouse);
+#else
 	if (psmouse_rate)
 		psmouse_set_rate(psmouse);
+#endif
 
 /*
  * We also set the resolution and scaling.
  */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE
+	 psmouse_set_resolution(psmouse);
+#else
 	if (psmouse_resolution)
 		psmouse_set_resolution(psmouse);
-
+#endif
 	psmouse_command(psmouse,  NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
 
 /*
@@ -654,17 +667,22 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE
 static int __init psmouse_rate_setup(char *str)
 {
 	get_option(&str, &psmouse_rate);
 	return 1;
 }
+#endif
 
 __setup("psmouse_noext", psmouse_noext_setup);
 __setup("psmouse_resolution=", psmouse_resolution_setup);
 __setup("psmouse_smartscroll=", psmouse_smartscroll_setup);
 __setup("psmouse_resetafter=", psmouse_resetafter_setup);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_FORCE_RATE
 __setup("psmouse_rate=", psmouse_rate_setup);
+#endif
 
 #endif
 

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Re: PS/2 Slowness w/ 2.6.0-test9-bk2

[Shawn Starr]

It should be noted that I have a Startech KVM.

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Shawn Starr wrote:

>
> Apon trying the latest -bk, I've noticed changes in how the kernel
> determines mouse rate.
>
> Although this was easy to fix with gpm, XFree86-HEAD does not seem to
> honor any manual overriding of the mouse rate. Even when setting the rate
> to 60 this did not work.
>
> After reverting the psmouse-base.c changes XFree86 behaved like previous.
>
> I would suggest reverting the patch until this issue is resolved. I don't
> know what X is doing to get the mouse rate but it certainly ignored it
> when I set psmouse_rate=60 in kernel parameters. Perhaps someone knows
> something I'm not doing.
>
> This isn't trying to start a flamewar but I'd prefer that these changes
> were checked beforehand.
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn S.
>
>
>

PS/2 Slowness w/ 2.6.0-test9-bk2

[Shawn Starr]

Apon trying the latest -bk, I've noticed changes in how the kernel
determines mouse rate.

Although this was easy to fix with gpm, XFree86-HEAD does not seem to
honor any manual overriding of the mouse rate. Even when setting the rate
to 60 this did not work.

After reverting the psmouse-base.c changes XFree86 behaved like previous.

I would suggest reverting the patch until this issue is resolved. I don't
know what X is doing to get the mouse rate but it certainly ignored it
when I set psmouse_rate=60 in kernel parameters. Perhaps someone knows
something I'm not doing.

This isn't trying to start a flamewar but I'd prefer that these changes
were checked beforehand.

Thanks,
Shawn S.