From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262670AbVHDU44 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:56:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262686AbVHDU4p (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:56:45 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:6025 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262679AbVHDUym (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:54:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:56:22 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Neil Darlow Cc: vojtech@suze.cz.thehub.net.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-joystick@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: ns558 mis-detects gameport Message-Id: <20050804135622.03736da7.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200507082136.47475.neil@darlow.co.uk> References: <200507082136.47475.neil@darlow.co.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-vine-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Neil Darlow wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am passing on this information at the request of Daniel Drake (Gentoo kernel > ebuild maintainer). > > My hardware is an ASRock K7S41GX motherboard with Athlon XP2200+ CPU > running 2.6.12 on Gentoo GNU/Linux 2005.0. My gamepad is an Heroic HC 3100 > 2-axis, 4-button digital model with Turbo features. > > The CVS version string of ns558.c is: > $Id: ns558.c,v 1.43 2002/01/24 19:23:21 vojtech Exp $ > > My motherboard features a generic PC/ISA gameport at BIOS-selectable > addresses of 0x200 or 0x208. I have built my kernel (using Gentoo's genkernel) > to include the Joystick Interface, Generic PC/ISA Gameport and Analog > Joystick support as modules which are loaded at boot by coldplug/hotplug > logic. > > If I manually modprobe ns558 (which loads gameport), analog and joydev after > boot my gameport is detected. If I let coldplug/hotplug load the modules at > boot then ns558 fails to detect my gameport. > > If I unload, and then reload, ns558 using coldplug/hotplug at boot then ns558 > detects my gameport correctly. My module loading setup and dmesg output for a > ns558 insert-remove-insert cycle are as follows: > > options analog map=gamepad > above analog joydev > pre-install analog modprobe -r ns558; modprobe ns558 > > gameport: NS558 ISA Gameport is isa0200/gameport0, io 0x201, speed 806kHz > pnp: Device 00:0a disabled. > ns558: probe of 00:0a failed with error -16 > gameport: kgameportd exiting > pnp: Device 00:0a activated. > gameport: NS558 PnP Gameport is pnp00:0a/gameport0, io 0x200, speed 806kHz > input: Analog 2-axis 4-button gamepad at pnp00:0a/gameport0 [TSC timer, 1786 > MHz clock, 1299 ns res] > > At https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-January/msg04967.html the > same problem is reported for 2.6.10 on Fedora. > > Is a fix or workaround, other than what I'm doing already, available for this > problem? > I assume this is some sort of ordering/dependency problem. I don't think we're going to get onto fixing it for 2.6.13, I'm afraid. It would really help if you could raise a bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org so that it doesn't get forgotten. In that report, please identify the most recent kernel version whcih worked correctly, if any. Thanks.