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From: Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: jsun@mvista.com
Subject: [PATCH] make ps2 mouse work ...
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:10:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040615191023.G28403@mvista.com> (raw)

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I found this problem on a MIPS machine.  The problem is 
likely to happen on other register-rich RISC arches too.

cmdcnt needs to be volatile since it is modified by
irq routine and read by normal process context.

Jun

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diff -Nru linux/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h.orig linux/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
--- linux/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h.orig	2004-04-16 15:28:47.000000000 -0700
+++ linux/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h	2004-06-15 18:51:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	char *name;
 	unsigned char cmdbuf[8];
 	unsigned char packet[8];
-	unsigned char cmdcnt;
+	volatile unsigned char cmdcnt;
 	unsigned char pktcnt;
 	unsigned char type;
 	unsigned char model;

             reply	other threads:[~2004-06-16  2:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-16  2:10 Jun Sun [this message]
2004-06-16  3:56 ` [PATCH] make ps2 mouse work Andrew Morton
2004-06-16  3:56   ` Andrew Morton
2004-06-16 12:11   ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-06-16 17:04     ` Jun Sun
2004-06-16 17:58       ` Vojtech Pavlik

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