On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 04:33:05PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 08:26:33PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:33:26AM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>> >> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 06:42:12PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>> >> > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:03:18AM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
>> >> > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:43:10PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> >> > > > > Hi Dave,
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:34:04PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > Pressing somekey at early booting phase cause keyboard to be not usable
>> >> > > > > > (The hardware is DELL latitude e5400):
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Does early booting mean while the BIOS is coming up? Does the keyboard
>> >> > > > work in GRUB then? Or is it during the early init of the Linux kernel?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Keyboard work under lilo.
>> >> > > For the early booting I means the early init of the linux kernel
>> >> > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > > > atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0xd3 on isa0060/serio0).
>> >> > > > > > atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e053 <keycode>' to make it known.
>> >> > > > > > atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x1d3 on isa0060/serio0).
>> >> > > > > > atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e053 <keycode>' to make it known.
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > i8042.c set i8042_direct to true when the controller init. But the result
>> >> > > > > > is keyboard not usable, The only option is press the power button to shutdown.
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > So here remove the bios check to fix it.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > My question would be: Why this happens? Could it be that the probe is
>> >> > > > confused by the keypress and reads the CTR incorrectly? Or is it just
>> >> > > > that the keyboard controller is in fact in translating mode, yet the CTR
>> >> > > > indicates otherwise?
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > A i8042.debug=1 log of the bad init would be good.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Here it is (retrieve from syslog):
>> >> >
>> >> > Syslog redirect the debug info to another log file, sorry, post again:
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Any chance of reconfiguring syslog so debug is captured in the same
>> >> file? It is easier to see what is happening with the rest of context
>> >> present...
>> >
>> > Sure, here it is:
>> >
>
> Does the patch below help by any chance?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry
>
>
> Input: i8042 - try to get stable CTR value when initializing
>
> From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> If user presses keys while i8042 is being initialized there is a chance
> that keyboard data will be mistaken for results of Read Control Register
> command causing futher troubles. Work around this issue by reading CTR
> several times and stop when we get matching results.
>
> Reported-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>
> ---
Works well, thanks.
Tested-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> drivers/input/serio/i8042.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c b/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
> index a315781..43f2b19 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
> @@ -836,17 +836,32 @@ static int i8042_controller_selftest(void)
> static int i8042_controller_init(void)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> + int n = 0;
> + unsigned char ctr[2];
>
> /*
> - * Save the CTR for restoral on unload / reboot.
> + * Save the CTR for restore on unload / reboot.
> */
>
> - if (i8042_command(&i8042_ctr, I8042_CMD_CTL_RCTR)) {
> - printk(KERN_ERR "i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042.\n");
> - return -EIO;
> - }
> + do {
> + if (n >= 10) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR
> + "i8042.c: Unable to get stable CTR read.\n");
> + return -EIO;
> + }
> +
> + if (n != 0)
> + udelay(50);
> +
> + if (i8042_command(&ctr[n++ % 2], I8042_CMD_CTL_RCTR)) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR
> + "i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042.\n");
> + return -EIO;
> + }
>
> - i8042_initial_ctr = i8042_ctr;
> + } while (n < 2 || ctr[0] != ctr[1]);
> +
> + i8042_initial_ctr = i8042_ctr = ctr[0];
>
> /*
> * Disable the keyboard interface and interrupt.
> @@ -895,6 +910,12 @@ static int i8042_controller_init(void)
> return -EIO;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Flush whatever accumulated while we were disabling keyboard port
> + */
> +
> + i8042_flush();
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -914,7 +935,7 @@ static void i8042_controller_reset(void)
> i8042_ctr |= I8042_CTR_KBDDIS | I8042_CTR_AUXDIS;
> i8042_ctr &= ~(I8042_CTR_KBDINT | I8042_CTR_AUXINT);
>
> - if (i8042_command(&i8042_initial_ctr, I8042_CMD_CTL_WCTR))
> + if (i8042_command(&i8042_ctr, I8042_CMD_CTL_WCTR))
> printk(KERN_WARNING "i8042.c: Can't write CTR while resetting.\n");
>
> /*
>
--
Regards
dave
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