From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve error recovery in serial mouse driver
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:01:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703160101.20188.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3k5xiqput.fsf@telia.com>
On Thursday 15 March 2007 15:16, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> If bytes get lost in the communication with a serial mouse using the
> MS protocol, the kernel driver could do a better job getting back in
> sync. The first byte in a packet has bit 6 set, and no other bytes
> have that bit set. Therefore, if a byte is received with bit 6 cleared
> when the driver thinks it is at byte 0 in the packet, the driver thinks
> wrong and the byte should just be ignored.
>
> This fix prevents spurious left/right button events when the serial
> communication is disturbed by a CPU-hungry real-time process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Applied, thank you Peter.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-16 5:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-15 19:16 [PATCH] Improve error recovery in serial mouse driver Peter Osterlund
2007-03-16 5:01 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2007-03-16 19:22 ` Chuck Ebbert
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