Re: [2.6.6] Synaptics driver is 'jumpy'

[Jan De Luyck]

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On Sunday 16 May 2004 21:29, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Sunday 16 May 2004 02:06 pm, Jan De Luyck wrote:
> > On Sunday 16 May 2004 19:18, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > Hmm.. there was no changes to PS/2 processing between 2.6.5 and 2.6.6
> > > except for some Logitech tweaking, but it should not affect Synaptics
> > > handling in any way...
> > >
> > > Could you check if you still have DMA enabled on your disks, check your
> > > time source (TSC, ACPI PM timer, etc) and probably boot with acpi off?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> >
> > Dmitry,
> >
> > Booting with acpi=off fixes the problem, although I'm curious to what the
> > problem actually is.
> >
> > I've attached the dmesgs from 2.6.6, 2.6.5, and 2.6.6 with acpi=off.
> >
> > There is a line that says "Invalid control registers" that I wonder where
> > it comes from, but you might see something more here than I do.
>
> It comes from speedstep-centrino module, could you please try booting with
> ACPI but without speedstep-centrino loaded? Also, does it help if you do
> not compile/ load ACPI battery module?

Neither has any effect. 

I've also disabled CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI, figuring there might be 
some problem with that, but that doesn't change a thing. 

Also, I'm wondering if there's any point in using the CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER 
timesource?

I'm including my .config for reference.

Jan

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