From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Dec 31 20:16:00 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B66F16A4CE
	for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:16:00 -0800 (PST)
Received: from sizone.org (mortar.sizone.org [65.126.154.242])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1855743D2D
	for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:15:59 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca)
Received: by sizone.org (Postfix, from userid 66)
	id 69024307C6; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:15:58 -0500 (EST)
Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101)
	id A5BCF1D1C7C; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:16:01 -0500 (EST)
From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-ID: <16371.40705.551647.888610@canoe.dclg.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:16:01 -0500
To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20031223220836.GA63638@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
References: <20031223220836.GA63638@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid
cc: freebsd-current@freeBSD.org
Subject: Dell 5150 laptop and lost PS/2 touchpad
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 04:16:00 -0000

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:

Steve> I'm not sure if this is a Dell BIOS problem, new interrupt code
Steve> problem, or PS/2 device driver problem.  The Dell 5150 laptop
Steve> has a Synaptic touchpad, which fails to attach with the GENERIC
Steve> kernel from RC1 and a custom kernel from today sources.  A
Steve> verbose boot shows:

I found it critical to patch the problems in the Dell BIOS version of
the ACPI DSDT before I could get the touchpad to work on an 1100
recently.

Dave.

-- 
============================================================================
|David Gilbert, Independent Contractor.       | Two things can only be     |
|Mail:       dave@daveg.ca                    |  equal if and only if they |
|http://daveg.ca                              |   are precisely opposite.  |
=========================================================GLO================