Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:22:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com> Cc: sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible mouse/ATA problems in -STABLE Message-ID: <20031023092157.M79600@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20031023141503.4004C53C7@netcom1.netcom.com> References: <20031023141503.4004C53C7@netcom1.netcom.com>
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Mike Harding wrote: > > My mouse has been losing sync several times a day and then eventually > disappearing, requiring, AFAIK, a reboot to make the system usable. > It's possible that this is hardware on my end, but I did change mice > and I still have the same problem. This may be related to some recent > mfc ATA changes at this only seems to happen during periods of high > disk activity. Also, the mouse seems to generate almost 300 > interrupts per second at times. It sounds like your ATA device and ps/2 ports have ended up with the same interrupt. You might see if you can convince the ATA controller to move elsewhere by locking out irq 12. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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