Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 28 Jul 2003 05:59:20 +0200 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test2 has i8042 mux problems |
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 07:13:26PM -0700, dean gaudet wrote:
> this was a bug i reported back a few versions as well -- and i don't think > i received any responses (nor from the maintainer). > > i've got a box on which 2.4.x works fine, but 2.6.0-test2 gets into a snit > when it's trying to initialize the i8042. i can get 2.6.0-test2 to boot > if i add "i8042_nomux". > > the mux initialization code seems kind of ... wonk -- it seems to write > values to the registers then read back and if the value is the same then > it assumes the mux is there. that seems way too likely to be broken in > situations when the mux isn't there... it'd be better to be looking for > some value which is different after writing.
No, it writes f0, 56, a4 and if it gets f0, 56, and not a4, then it assumes there is a mux.
[This is a Synaptics convention.]
What hardware do you have? And what is the conversation?
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