Re: PS/2 Keyboard under 2.6.x

[Robert Crocombe <rwcrocombe@raytheon.com>]

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Well, it died deep in SCSI core so I doubt i8042.noacpi made it do it.

What odd synchronicity.  You are correct: I re-did the boot with that 
kernel (still all modules) and i8042.noacpi, and it booted fine.  Didn't 
fix the problem, though.

> OK, having finally read your .config :) :
>
> #
> # Hardware I/O ports
> #
> CONFIG_SERIO=m
> CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
>
> Please make serio core compiled in instead of being a module and also
> make sure that you load atkbd module (or make it built-in as well).

This, however, *did* fix it, without the addition of any commandline 
parameters.  Hooray!  Here's my diffed .config.

--- ../configs/config-2.6.14-rc3-rt13   2005-10-10 15:03:56.536039048 -0700
+++ .config     2005-10-11 20:04:44.702136016 -0700
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
 # Linux kernel version: 2.6.14-rc3-rt13
-# Mon Oct 10 15:03:45 2005
+# Tue Oct 11 20:04:44 2005
 #
 CONFIG_X86_64=y
 CONFIG_64BIT=y
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #
 # General setup
 #
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="_local_00"
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="_local_02"
 CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y
 CONFIG_SWAP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
 # Input Device Drivers
 #
 CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
-CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=m
+CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
 # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
 # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LKKBD is not set
 CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD=m
@@ -773,13 +773,13 @@
 #
 # Hardware I/O ports
 #
-CONFIG_SERIO=m
+CONFIG_SERIO=y
 CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
 CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=m
 CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710=m
 # CONFIG_SERIO_PARKBD is not set
 CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2=m
-CONFIG_SERIO_LIBPS2=m
+CONFIG_SERIO_LIBPS2=y
 CONFIG_SERIO_RAW=m
 # CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set

I edited the .config by hand, so I guess the LIBPS2 change was some 
dependency discovered by the build system?

Thanks very much.

--
Robert Crocombe
rwcrocombe@raytheon.com

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