> > Another idea - could it be that there is a bug in the implementation of
> > the 'put mouse buffer' command on that motherboard that puts the byte
> > into the keyboard buffer instead? It'd be interesting to check that.
>
> Unfortunately, I am not knowledgeable on psaux controllers.
>
> If somebody provides me with a piece of code, I would be willing to
> help/try/test.
Try this:
--- pc_keyb.c.orig Wed Mar 17 12:58:51 1999
+++ pc_keyb.c Wed Mar 17 13:01:07 1999
@@ -753,11 +753,8 @@
outb(0x5a, KBD_DATA_REG); /* 0x5a is a random dummy value. */
do {
- unsigned char status = inb(KBD_STATUS_REG);
-
- if (status & KBD_STAT_OBF) {
- (void) inb(KBD_DATA_REG);
- if (status & KBD_STAT_MOUSE_OBF) {
+ if (inb(KBD_STATUS_REG) & KBD_STAT_OBF) {
+ if (inb(KBD_DATA_REG) == 0x5a) {
printk(KERN_INFO "Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.\n");
retval = 1;
}
Have fun,
Vojtech
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