RE: pc_keyb.c and 2.4.0 Test (ALL)

From: Dunlap, Randy (randy.dunlap@intel.com)
Date: Mon Jul 31 2000 - 23:56:42 EST


I agree. This has been on my to-do-list for awhile
now, but lower priority than USB work, and not a
showstopper...

~Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Jacobberger [mailto:fxj@inconnect.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 7:04 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: pc_keyb.c and 2.4.0 Test (ALL)
>
>
> Someone take a look at pc_keyb.c and figure out how to disable the
> compiling of this file into the kernel. USB support if found
> and enabled
> precludes the need for pc_keyb.c as demonstrated by the
> kernel warning:
>
> "keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?"
>
> My system tested out with compiled 2.4.0 Test2 and 5 with this error,
> even though my keyboard and mouse were detected and subsequently
> properly loaded at kernel boot.
>
> As found in pc_keyb.c :
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> unsigned long timeout = KBD_TIMEOUT;
>
> acknowledge = 0; /* Set by interrupt routine on receipt of ACK. */
> resend = 0;
> reply_expected = 1;
> kbd_write_output_w(data);
> for (;;) {
> if (acknowledge)
> return 1;
> if (resend)
> break;
> mdelay(1);
> if (!--timeout) {
> #ifdef KBD_REPORT_TIMEOUTS
> printk(KERN_WARNING "keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not
> present?\n");
> #endif
> return 0;
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> No point if it's detected at kernel boot with USB support.
>
> FYI

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