Re: another must-fix: major PS/2 mouse problem

Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.drivers.vortex.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

> > Loosing too many ticks!
> > TSC cannot be used as a timesource. (Are you running with SpeedStep?)
> > Falling back to a sane timesource.
> > psmouse.c: Lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.
> > psmouse.c: Lost synchronization, throwing 1 bytes away.
> > 
> > Arrrrgh! The TSC is my only good time source!
> 
> Arrrgh!  More PS/2 problems!
> 
> I think the lost synchronisation is the problem, would you agree?
> 
> The person who fixes this gets a Nobel prize.


If you set ps/2 synchronization timeout to 20 seconds, you are going to make vojtech
unhappy (he likes that code :-), but at least 2.6.0 will not be worse than 2.4.x...

Do you want me to create a patch?
-- 
				Pavel
Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...
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