Re: Fw: Oops in hidinput_hid_event

[Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:52:26 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

> Do you expect this patch:
> 
> > --- linux-2.6.12/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c	2005-06-21 12:58:47.000000000 -0700
> > -	struct input_dev *input = &field->hidinput->input;
> > +	struct input_dev *input;
> > -	if (!input)
> > +	if (!field->hidinput)
> >  		return;
> > +	input = &field->hidinput->input;

> To actually fix the above oops?  It sure looks like it will.
> But I worry whether it is the correct fix?

It is a correct fix, safe to apply. However, Vojtech wrote me that he
will look how exactly an event can be reported without associated
infrastructure. Personally, I suspect that this has something to do
with the motherboard in question. Perhas the PS/2 port is disabled
somehow...

-- Pete