From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: PROBLEM: USB keyboards works only 4 per PC host port Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:55:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20080819135447.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> References: <200808080702.24969.aivils@latnet.lv> <200808181642.49489.aivils@latnet.lv> <20080818081432.782d9632.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <200808191527.06945.aivils@latnet.lv> <20080819081936.37fef673.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linuxconsole-dev-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linuxconsole-dev-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Jiri Kosina Cc: lud , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap , linuxconsole-dev@lists.sourceforge.net, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, linux-input@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 05:23:07PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > 2.6.22-1-mepis-smp > > > Quite stable. Have oops sometime inside evdev. Support up to 16 > > > USB keyboards, where 4 hubs are plugged into PC and 4 keyboards on > > > each hub. Any hub cascade support only 4 keyboards, where 5th or more > > > is registered but don't send input events. Oops inside evdev , when > > > USB keyboard unplugged. No slow down even all USB keyboards does > > > not work properly. My be this one support more than 16 keyboards, but > > > i don't have PC USB ports enough. > > Has the evdev oops been reported and/or fixed? I think that we would > > prefer to fix that soonish. > > We haven't seen the respective oops yet, or have I missed it? > > I'd bet it is fixed in newer kernels by patches that introduce proper > locking into evdev code. > If evdev (or any other part of the input sybsystem) still oopses in 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 I would like to see that oops very much. -- Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/