Re: [RFT/PATCH] KVMS, mouse losing sync and going crazy

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>]

On Sunday 08 May 2005 09:15, Mitch wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> Your patch (applied to 2.6.11.8) hangs my touchpad mouse totally.
> The error i get on bootup
> 
> May  8 17:16:58 localhost kernel: ALPS Touchpad (Glidepoint) detected
> May  8 17:16:58 localhost kernel: alps.c: Failed to enable absolute mode
> May  8 17:16:58 localhost kernel: input: PS/2 ALPS TouchPad on 
> isa0060/serio1
> 
> without your patch
> 
> May  8 18:11:56 localhost kernel: ALPS Touchpad (Dualpoint) detected
> May  8 18:11:56 localhost kernel:   Disabling hardware tapping
> May  8 18:11:56 localhost kernel: input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS TouchPad on 
> isa0060/serio1
> 
> and the mouse works fine (except when it goes crazy and jumps all over 
> the place). I've been suffering with the problem for a long while on 
> this hardware..
> 

Ahem, yep, I broke ALPS... Please try applying the patchlet below on top
of what I have posted or grab an updated version of the patch:

http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/input/2_6_11/psmouse-resync-2.6.11-v4.patch.gz

Thanks!

-- 
Dmitry

--- drivers/input/mouse/alps.c.orig	2005-05-08 12:20:13.000000000 -0500
+++ drivers/input/mouse/alps.c	2005-05-08 12:22:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@
 static int alps_passthrough_mode(struct psmouse *psmouse, int enable)
 {
 	struct ps2dev *ps2dev = &psmouse->ps2dev;
-	unsigned char param[3];
 	int cmd = enable ? PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE21 : PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11;
 
 	if (ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, cmd) ||
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@
 		return -1;
 
 	/* we may get 3 more bytes, just ignore them */
-	ps2_command(ps2dev, param, 0x0300);
+	ps2_drain(ps2dev, 3, 100);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@
 	 * Switch mouse to poll (remote) mode so motion data will not
 	 * get in our way
 	 */
-	return ps2_command(&psmouse->ps2dev, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETPOLL | 0x0300);
+	return ps2_command(&psmouse->ps2dev, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETPOLL);
 }
 
 static int alps_get_status(struct psmouse *psmouse, char *param)
-
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