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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.4.25] "pc_keyb: controller jammed (0xFF)" on Super Micro	P5MMA98
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 14:56:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1094392592.1251.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6E58E82C-FEF1-11D8-82A2-000393ACC76E@mac.com>

On Sul, 2004-09-05 at 05:09, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> I've already tried both settings for "USB legacy", neither work.  I'm
> currently attempting to update the BIOS. The update I tried a couple
> weeks ago didn't work and gave an error, but there appears to be a new
> one out, so I'm trying that.  Is there anything else that it could be?  
> What
> exactly does the keyboard code check when it generates that error?

At that point it is talking to the keyboard controller (or BIOS
emulation of keyboard controller - not all machines have a real one any
more and emulation is also always used for USB legacy). The error
normally indicates the port is not responding.


      reply	other threads:[~2004-09-05 14:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-04  4:30 Kyle Moffett
2004-09-04 16:47 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05  4:09   ` Kyle Moffett
2004-09-05 13:56     ` Alan Cox [this message]

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