Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:23:07 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: USB keyboards works only 4 per PC host port |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > 2.6.22-1-mepis-smp > > Quite stable. Have oops sometime inside evdev. Support up to 16 > > USB keyboards, where 4 hubs are plugged into PC and 4 keyboards on > > each hub. Any hub cascade support only 4 keyboards, where 5th or more > > is registered but don't send input events. Oops inside evdev , when > > USB keyboard unplugged. No slow down even all USB keyboards does > > not work properly. My be this one support more than 16 keyboards, but > > i don't have PC USB ports enough. > Has the evdev oops been reported and/or fixed? I think that we would > prefer to fix that soonish.
We haven't seen the respective oops yet, or have I missed it?
I'd bet it is fixed in newer kernels by patches that introduce proper locking into evdev code.
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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