Re: psmouse.c: Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.

[Michael Buesch]

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On Saturday 14 February 2004 22:43, you wrote:
> Changed from kernel 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 an get this error in dmesg
> 
> psmouse.c: Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
> 
> My mouse goes crazy for a few secs and then returns to normal for a while. Is this a 2.6.2 problem or is this is something old?

here's the fix:

- --- linux-2.6.3-rc2/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c.orig	2004-02-10 21:33:21.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3-rc2/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c	2004-02-10 21:37:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@
 	unsigned int dfl;
 	int ret;
 
+	mod_timer(&i8042_timer, jiffies + I8042_POLL_PERIOD);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8042_lock, flags);
 	str = i8042_read_status();
 	if (str & I8042_STR_OBF)
@@ -433,7 +435,6 @@
 irq_ret:
 	ret = 1;
 out:
- -	mod_timer(&i8042_timer, jiffies + I8042_POLL_PERIOD);
 	return IRQ_RETVAL(ret);
 }
 

- -- 
Regards Michael Buesch  [ http://www.tuxsoft.de.vu ]

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