From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263139AbUB0VXH (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:23:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263143AbUB0VXH (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:23:07 -0500 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:23938 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263139AbUB0VXD (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:23:03 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:23:46 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Kronos Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.3] Mouse loosing sync (again) Message-ID: <20040227212346.GA981@ucw.cz> References: <20040227201441.GA19946@dreamland.darkstar.lan> <20040227210057.GA924@ucw.cz> <20040227210801.GA26589@dreamland.darkstar.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040227210801.GA26589@dreamland.darkstar.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:08:01PM +0100, Kronos wrote: > > > These happened while surfing web with little activity on eth0 and while disks > > > were almost idle (-u1 is set on both of them). Using vmstat I see that > > > I'm getting around 1300 interrupts per second while moving mouse (less > > > than 1100 while doing nothing), so I don't think that there's something > > > spinning in ISR for too long. > > > > > > Problem first appeared in 2.6.2, 2.6.1 is unaffected. I see that in > > > 2.6.3 there's a patch which is supposed to fix this, but it still > > > happens for me. > > > > > > Any clue? > > > > The bad parity messages definitely suggest a problem with the mouse > > cable - either too long or broken. > > Hum, but why does it work with older kernels? If I boot with 2.6.1 it > works without problems. 2.6.1 ignores bad parity in mouse data. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR