Re: Strange atkbd messages with missing keyboard

[Andries Brouwer]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 04:18:43PM +0200, Meelis Roos wrote:
> I get strange messages on bootup when there is no keyboard attached
> (Intel 430TX chipset on a Tyan S1573 mainboard) - it tells about unknown
> keys pressed.
> 
> When no keyboard and no mouse is plugged in:
> 
> serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (raw set 0, code 0x17e on isa0060/serio1).
> atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes 7e <keycode>' to make it known.
> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 0, code 0x7e on isa0060/serio0).
> atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes 7e <keycode>' to make it known.

Yes - most people see such messages involving 7a, where the
actual code is 0xfa = ACK.
You see 7e, the actual code is 0xfe = NACK, the error report
from the keyboard interface.

It is a kernel flaw that these ACK and NACK are not recognized
for what they are.
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