Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:51:49 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dell 5150 laptop and lost PS/2 touchpad Message-ID: <20040101045149.GA41923@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <16371.40705.551647.888610@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <20031223220836.GA63638@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <16371.40705.551647.888610@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:16:01PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >>>>> "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. > ACPI was unimportant. The problem is due to Dell's A25 BIOS for the 5150. You need to set an appropriate flag in /boot/devices.hint file to ignore probe errors on of psm. -- Steve
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