Re: 2.6 kernel won't reboot on AMD system - 8042 problem?

[Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 07:23:35PM +0200, David N. Welton wrote:
> David N. Welton wrote:
> 
> >Sascha, if you want to test it out, try this in i8042_controller_init,
> >at about line 724 (near this: i8042_initial_ctr = i8042_ctr;)
> >
> >    {
> >        unsigned char pram;
> >        pram = (~i8042_ctr) & 0xff ;
> >        i8042_command(&pram, I8042_CMD_CTL_WCTR);
> >    }
> 
> In fact, it's enough to fix the problem on my machine!  I can even plug 
> the keyboard back in and it works.
> 
> --- /home/davidw/linux-2.6.7/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c 
> 2004-06-16 07:18
> :57.000000000 +0200
> +++ drivers/input/serio/i8042.c 2004-08-12 19:05:17.000000000 +0200
> @@ -710,6 +710,9 @@
>                 return -1;
>         }
> 
> +
> +       i8042_ctr = (~i8042_ctr) & 0xff;
> +
>         i8042_initial_ctr = i8042_ctr;
> 
> Try that and see how it works for you

This works for me too.  Thanks!

I hadn't had the time to read the rest of the thread in full detail,
but it seem, that we are geting closer to a solution.

cheers
sascha
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Sascha Wilde
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