Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261267AbVDDW4s (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:56:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261470AbVDDWzz (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:55:55 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.202]:31948 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261267AbVDDWus (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:50:48 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=ObASaruCYriLog94H8h+rddXN8+1PmbYFHmBVtjD7iaJd0oWfMXlL4ETViwGzS2/680uJKmgPt+ZABO8eCngj23w7z3EnB9hgT2h7PtS4pnHuxZpHM7xtaEery+rtoiNODo+QVYlXVHYuk0ZnLi07qqF48KnNcGpG8e7SBBT0YY= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:50:47 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov Reply-To: dtor_core@ameritech.net To: Jaco Kroon Subject: Re: i8042 controller on Toshiba Satellite P10 notebook - patch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sebastian Piechocki In-Reply-To: <4251B6E2.3010506@kroon.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <425166F9.1040800@kroon.co.za> <42517442.20602@kroon.co.za> <4251A515.8040802@kroon.co.za> <4251B6E2.3010506@kroon.co.za> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2314 Lines: 58 On Apr 4, 2005 4:51 PM, Jaco Kroon wrote: > Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Apr 4, 2005 3:35 PM, Jaco Kroon wrote: > > > >>As for loading the modules i8042, atkbd and psmouse (in that order): > >>black void of death. > >> > > Hmm.. remind me, if you boot with usb-handoff does it switch the i8042 > > into active multiplexing mode (you get 4 AUX serio ports)? > > > Checking my logs it actually looks like usb-handoff did get 4 ports. > With my patch, however, I only get: > > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > Ok, try booting with "usb-handoff i8042.nomux". If that cures death-on-reboot problem then Vojtech already has a patch in 2.6.12-rc1: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@41f8e2d7j4JtjbrlrI5eYgQQ86yDhg > >From the code I understand that this means that i8042_nomux != 0 or > i8042_check_mux() return != 0. So I assume that with the patch that > check_mux returns non-zero (and reversed logic means that 0 implies the > check succeeds, ie, it _fails_ with my patch installed). I don't know > which is the prefered mode of operation though (I guess MUX with 4 AUX > ports?). > Yes, with 4 ports your external mouse is independent from the touhpad. When you have only 1 port you can't use touchpad's extended mode together with an external mouse. > With my patch I do get the ALPS support though - something which I > didn't get with usb-handoff, nor with acpi=off, nor with simply hacking > out the AUX_LOOP and AUX_TEST tests and just assuming the hardware is > there (I saw ALPS yesterday for the first time in my life for that matter). > Hmm, I'd like to debug that once we resolve reboot problems. > OT: I think I prefer synaptics multi-finger tapping to the tapping in > specific locations to get right and middle clicking, but that is another > story that probably has nothing to do with the kernel, and quite likely > something that is configurable in the synaptics xorg driver. > You should be able to control that in xorg.conf. -- Dmitry - 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/