Running 2.6.39-rc1-mmotm at the moment on a Dell Latitude E6500, that wants an
external USB keyboard/mouse and monitor when it's in its docking station in the
office. I have an old Microsoft Natural keyboard that has a PS/2 connector, but
I like the tactile feel so I didn't want to get rid of it. So we recently got
some PS2->USB adapters, which appear in lsusb as follows:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0e8f:0020 GreenAsia Inc. USB to PS/2 Adapter
Now, when I first power up the laptop in the docking station, it *does* see the
keyboard just fine, and Grub is able to talk to it, and everything works (this
particular boot, I was able to hit the space bar to get to the Grub menu, use
arrow up/down to move between entries, all looked good). So it isn't like the
device needs any initialization above and beyond what the BIOS is doing at
initial power-on.
However, when the Linux kernel starts up, it sees the adapter, but doesn't
recognize key presses until I disconnect and then reconnect the keyboard:
[ 5.733323] usb 1-4.2: new low speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
[ 5.827679] usb 1-4.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8f, idProduct=0020
[ 5.827692] usb 1-4.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 5.827701] usb 1-4.2: Product: PS2toUSB Adapter
[ 5.827708] usb 1-4.2: Manufacturer: GASIA
[ 5.846069] input: GASIA PS2toUSB Adapter as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4.2/1-4.2:1.0/input/input12
[ 5.847894] generic-usb 0003:0E8F:0020.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [GASIA PS2toUSB Adapter] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2/input0
[ 5.855346] input: GASIA PS2toUSB Adapter as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4.2/1-4.2:1.1/input/input13
[ 5.857351] generic-usb 0003:0E8F:0020.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [GASIA PS2toUSB Adapter] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2/input1
[ 134.879149] dracut: Scanning devices dm-0 for LVM volume groups
root VG is LUKS-encrypted, so the initrd waits till the passphrase is entered.
That didn't work at 6-8 seconds in when I got the prompt - type keys, no
response from dracut. I gave it some time, then about 2 mins after boot I
disconnected and reconnected the keyboard's PS2 connector from the adapter, and
then it worked fine, and I was able to enter the passphrase and dracut was
happy.
Not sure what to make of the fact that it registers the input devices right
off, but I see nothing in the dmesg output that the keyboard was unplugged/
replugged.
I have zero evidence that this device ever worked, as I only got it a few days
ago and haven't had a chance to try anything older than 39-rc.
Any idea/suggestions?
Oh, and the output of 'lsusb -v', here for tl;dr reasons:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0e8f:0020 GreenAsia Inc. USB to PS/2 Adapter
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0e8f GreenAsia Inc.
idProduct 0x0020 USB to PS/2 Adapter
bcdDevice 2.80
iManufacturer 1 GASIA
iProduct 2 PS2toUSB Adapter
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 59
bNumInterfaces 2
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xa0
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Keyboard
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.10
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 62
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
bInterval 8
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.10
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 130
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0005 1x 5 bytes
bInterval 8
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
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