Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:24:45 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, sos@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: boot: -c does not work for me Message-ID: <199611220424.NAA18594@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:00:49 EST." <32950951.41C67EA6@mindspring.com> References: <9611200134.AA09530@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> <199611200534.WAA04055@rocky.mt.sri.com> <3294540F.41C67EA6@mindspring.com> <199611211820.LAA11348@rocky.mt.sri.com> <32950951.41C67EA6@mindspring.com>
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Hello. I am currently working on the `psm' driver and the `kbdio' module for the `syscons' and the `psm' drivers. >> > When I did a cvsup again on the /usr/src/sys tree the other day when I >> > sent you my results it was 1.189 for sure. Same tbl junk on login at >> > the keyboard, had to do a hardware reset/reboot. Have you, by any chance, set the XT_KEYBD flag during UserConfig or in your config file? >I have noticed that with 1.89 syscons.c I can take my P6 200 down >to 10% idle (top 3.4) by just moving an rxvt term with the PS/2 mouse. >The older >driver did not do that as far as I know. Anyone else with a PS/2 mouse >or seiral mouse for that mater notice this? This may have something to do with the report rate of the PS/2 mouse. The new `psm' driver explicitly sets the report rate to 100 reports/sec. (This doesn't necessarily mean the mouse will generate 100 interrupts per sec. It is quiet while no movement is detected.) I thought 100 is acceptable value, because the older driver DID have code to set the report rate this way. But the code was commented out. I guess that that part of the driver didn't work because it sent a wrong sequence of command and data to the mouse. I thought "OK, 100 was the value originally intended; I shall make it work..." If 100 reports/sec is too high, we can try: 1. Lower rate But, some PS/2 mouse cannot change the rate to anything less than 100. Some of my PS/2 mouses certainly cannot. 2. Don't try to set the rate, use the power-up default Basically the old driver did this (was it a bug or a feature?). (I also remember seeing a document stating 100 is the default after reset, and thinking it wouldn't do any harm explicitly setting the value. But, I don't remember which doc it was.) Kazu
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