Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264547AbUASVuk (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:50:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264941AbUASVuj (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:50:39 -0500 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:40067 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264547AbUASVua (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:50:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:50:28 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Andries Brouwer Cc: fire-eyes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.1: atkbd.c errors + mouse errors with a belkin KVM Message-ID: <20040119215028.GA4431@ucw.cz> References: <400C1D2F.7020503@fire-eyes.dynup.net> <20040119202905.A1073@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040119204348.GA2251@ucw.cz> <20040119224036.A1101@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040119224036.A1101@pclin040.win.tue.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1551 Lines: 39 On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 10:40:36PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 09:43:48PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > > > kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on > > > > isa0060/serio0). > > > > > > It is not really an error - the kernel is just being a bit noisy. > > > The 0x7a was really 0xfa, the ACK that a keyboard command succeeded. > > > > > > Sooner or later the noise will go away. For now it is more interesting > > > to fix bugs in behaviour. > > > > Well, the kernel is quite rightfully noisy at this point - getting > > unexpected ACKs is rather suspicious. > > Yes, I do not propose that you remove the noise today. > But nothing is wrong. > > Several utilities access the keyboard directly. (For example X and kbdrate.) > Since setting keyboard rate and starting X are rather common actions, > most people will see these messages a few times in their syslog. kbdrate is supposed to use the ioctls, as is X. Actually kbdrate does use the ioctls on my systems. > A few months from now, when we are satisfied that the keyboard code > is in perfect shape, these messages can be silenced by default. Actually, I think they could stay, because they'll not happen under normal circumstances by then. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/