Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:28:33 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change in PSM sync behavior Message-ID: <20040816052833.GH73391@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <F56563B4A6F108225A448206@aslan.scsiguy.com> References: <F56563B4A6F108225A448206@aslan.scsiguy.com>
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In the last episode (Aug 13), Justin T. Gibbs said: > I've had this change locally for some time and think it may be a > worth while change to commit to the tree. My patch defers the setup > of the sync bits until the first "normal" data packet is received > from the mouse. In the case of Avocent Outlook KVM's, this avoids a > bug in their intellimouse emulator that sends back incorrect sync > when you explicitly request a data packet from the mouse. Without > this change, you must force the driver into stock PS/2 mode or be > flooded with a never ending stream of "out of sync" messages. +1 vote for me! This fixes the 2-port Switchview at my desk. Resetting into regular PS/2 mode doesn't seem to do any harm (the wheel still works), but it's nice to not have to do it anymore :) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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