Re: Kernel 2.6.22.6 iPod conflict with PS/2 device.

["Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

Hi Justin,

On 9/5/07, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote:
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> >
> > On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:
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> >> When I have an iPod attached via USB to an ABIT IC7-G board before it boots up
> >> and let X start etc, the mouse (PS/2) does not function, but the keyboard
> >> works OK.
> >>
> >> GPM does not work either.
> >>
> >> When I attach the iPod after the machine has booted up, everything is OK,
> >> until the next reboot (with the iPod still attached via USB)
> >
> > Interesting :-) And this happens reproducibly?
> >
> > You see this on 2.6.22.6 right? It'll be useful if you could test latest
> > mainline -git (or -rc5). If you still find this problem, then often the
> > best way to hunt such bugs is to find a previous kernel where this did
> > *not* occur, and then git-bisect ...
> >
> >
> >> Any idea why this happens?
> >
> > CC'es added.
> >
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> My guess is it will occur with all kernels, it is probably a motherboard
> or IRQ issue and not kernel related.  I have seen a few bugs over 5-6
> years with these boards and this is another that can be added to the
> list.
>

What do you have in your BIOS under "USB Keyboard support" and "USB
Mouse support" (in "OnChip PCI device" section) ?

-- 
Dmitry