Re: linux-2.6.15-git7: PS/2 keyboard dies on ppp traffic

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Thu Jan 12 2006 - 10:58:11 EST


On 1/12/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the main linux tree started suffering the same bug as described for -mm
> earlier in http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/11/7/147:
>
> if I put load on my system, connect to the Internet using my cellphone
> (/dev/ttyS0) and do something, it stops reacting to PS/2 keyboard
> events, but still understands PS/2 mouse. The PPP load monitor shows
> huge transfer rate (several megabytes per second) consisting of the
> infinitely replicated several last packets. events/0 consumes all the
> CPU. tty buffering revamping patch is the obvious candidate, but I
> haven't tried to revert it yet.
>

Do you have access to an USB keyboard?

--
Dmitry
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