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Date:      Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Shizuka Kudo <shizukakudo_99@yahoo.com>
To:        Mike Bohan <bogin@yokels.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with PS/2 mouse driver in XFree86 4.3.0
Message-ID:  <20030811163521.78949.qmail@web11405.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <1060533218.12813.49.camel@diesel>

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--- Mike Bohan <bogin@yokels.org> wrote:
> That indeed fixed the problem.   It does appear like the problem relates
> to a 
> specific BIOS version.  I'm wondering if there's a certain set of people
> I 
> should forward this information on to?  It would be nice if a fix like

I have reported this problem two times, but seems got no interest. Here's the last message I sent
to the list regarding this.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1580299+0+archive/2003/freebsd-current/20030427.freebsd-current

> this could 
> find its way into the -current tree.  Thank you Shizuka for your
> intuitive thinking,
> otherwise I surely never would have found a practical solution.  
> 
>                                                         -Mike Bohan
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 11:35, Shizuka Kudo wrote:
> 
> > --- Mike Bohan <bogin@yokels.org> wrote:
> > > Yes, adding hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/device.hints fixed the
> > > mouse problem.
> > 
> > Try this patch on acpi and see if it solves your problem. 
> > 
> > --- sys/dev/acpica/acpi_pci_link.c.orig Thu Jan  2 02:48:49 2003
> > +++ sys/dev/acpica/acpi_pci_link.c      Fri Feb 28 15:18:55 2003
> > @@ -461,7 +461,10 @@
> >                 return_ACPI_STATUS (error);
> >         }
> > 
> > +/*
> >         if (!(sta & (ACPI_STA_PRESENT | ACPI_STA_FUNCTIONAL))) {
> > +*/
> > +       if (!(sta & ACPI_STA_ENABLE)) {
> >                 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
> >                     "PCI interrupt link is not functional - %s\n",
> >                     acpi_name(handle)));
> > 
> > 
> > > While this is somewhat pleasing, it also leaves me with uncertainty.  I
> > > tried tweaking 
> > > basically every CMOS combination I could think of.  Do you suppose this
> > > is an 
> > > incompatability between the apci driver and my motherboard? The behavior
> > 
> > I bet you might have problem with parallel port as well. My machine suffered
> > from this behaviour when someone made the change as shown on the patch. I just
> > reverted that one. If the patch solves your problem, I believe that this is 
> > related to BIOS not chipset. I have a Celeron on i815ep and the acpi message is 
> > shown below. I just notice that you have a similar acpi signature like mime.
> > 
> > acpi0: <IntelR AWRDACPI> on motherboard
> > pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
> > Using $PIR table, 10 entries at 0xc00fded0
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > > makes
> > > it appear as if something else is fighting over the same resources that
> > > the mouse uses.
> > > This would explain why it can only access the device once a second. 
> > > When BIOS 
> > > initializes, it does not list any other device with an IRQ of 12 (which
> > > I believe is the mouse interface). 
> > > Does anyone have any experience with devices such as mice flaking out
> > > with apci?
> > > Thanks again!
> > > 
> > >                                                 -Mike Bohan
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 04:02, Shizuka Kudo wrote:
> > > 
> > > > --- Mike Bohan <bogin@yokels.org> wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	I have an Abit KT266 based motherboard and am having some trouble using
> > > > > the PS/2 mouse driver under XFree86.  I have the protocol set to "auto",
> > > > > and the device set to /dev/psm0.  This configuration has worked with
> > > > > this same Intellimouse in the past.  The symptoms are that that when the
> > > > > mouse is moved, the cursor is only updated about once a second.  After
> > > > > searching google, I found the following URL in which another person
> > > > > experienced the same problem (from freebsd-bugs).  Apparently it only
> > > > > shows up on certain chipsets (VIA based).  I tried several other PS/2
> > > > > mice, to no avail (same outcome).  My system is running a day old
> > > > > -current build, but this other fellow reported the problem in 5.0 (does
> > > > > not affect 4.x).  I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this
> > > > > problem, and if so, are there any work-arounds?  I've attached my
> > > > > 'dmesg' output, in the hopes that the information will be of value.
> > > > > Thank you in advance!
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Does disabling acpi make your mouse working?
> > > > 
> > > > > URL:
> > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-April/000426.html
> > > > > 
> > > > >                                     -Mike Bohan
> > > > > 
> > > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
> > > > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> > > > >         The Regents of the University of California. All rights
> > > > > reserved.
> > > > > FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #3: Fri Aug  8 09:10:54 EDT 2003
> > > > >     root@censored:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CABOOSE
> > > > > Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0424000.
> > > > > Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0424244.
> > > > > Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
> > > > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) processor (1333.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
> > > > >   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x644  Stepping = 4
> > > > >  
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
> > > > >   AMD Features=0xc0440000<RSVD,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
> > > > > real memory  = 268369920 (255 MB)
> > > > > avail memory = 256196608 (244 MB)
> > > > > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> > > > > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> > > > > npx0: INT 16 interface
> > > > > acpi0: <VIA694 AWRDACPI> on motherboard
> > > > > pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
> > > > > Using $PIR table, 8 entries at 0xc00fdef0
> > > > > acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed feature programming model.
> > > > > Timecounter "ACPI-fast"  frequency 3579545 Hz
> > > > > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
> > > > > acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0
> > > > > acpi_tz0: <thermal zone> on acpi0
> > > > > acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
> > > > > acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
> > > > > pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port
> > > > > 0x5000-0x500f,0x4080-0x40ff,0x4000-0x407f,0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
> > > > > pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
> > > > > pcib0: slot 8 INTA is routed to irq 10
> > > > > pcib0: slot 9 INTA is routed to irq 5
> > > > > pcib0: slot 11 INTA is routed to irq 10
> > > > > agp0: <VIA Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe8000000-0xebffffff at
> > > > > device 0.0 on pci0
> > > > > pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> > > > > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> > > > > pcib0: slot 1 INTA is routed to irq 11
> > > > > pcib1: slot 0 INTA is routed to irq 11
> > > > > pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> > > > > dc0: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem
> > > > > 0xef000000-0xef0003ff irq 10 at device 8.0 on pci0
> > > > > dc0: Ethernet address: 00:04:5a:40:b5:0d
> > > > > miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
> > > > > ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
> > > > > ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > > > > dc1: <LC82C115 PNIC II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem
> > > > > 0xef001000-0xef0010ff irq 5 at device 9.0 on pci0
> > > > > dc1: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:34:54:93
> > > > > miibus1: <MII bus> on dc1
> > > > > dcphy0: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus1
> > > > > dcphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > > > > dc2: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem
> > > > > 0xef002000-0xef0020ff irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
> > > > > dc2: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:d6:ea:b4
> > > > > miibus2: <MII bus> on dc2
> > > > > bmtphy0: <BCM5201 10/100baseTX PHY> on miibus2
> > > > > bmtphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > > > > isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 17.0 on pci0
> > > > > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> > > > > atapci0: <VIA 8233A UDMA133 controller> port 0xdc00-0xdc0f at device
> > > > > 17.1 on pci0
> > > > > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> > > > > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> > > > > fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port
> > > > > 0x3f7,0x3f2-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
> > > > > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> > > > > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> > > > > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
> > > > > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
> > > > > kbd0 at atkbd0
> > > > > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> > > > > psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
> > > > > orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0
> > > > > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
> > > > > isa0
> > > > > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> > > > > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> > > > > Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 1333905046 Hz
> > > > > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
> > > > > DUMMYNET initialized (011031)
> > > > > ipfw2 initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding enabled,
> > > > > default to accept, logging disabled
> > > > > IP Filter: v3.4.31 initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
> > > > > acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 2 steps (100% to 50.0%), currently 100.0%
> > > > > ad0: 39083MB <Maxtor 5T040H4> [79408/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
> > > > > ad1: 29333MB <WDC WD307AA> [59598/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA66
> > > > > ad2: 43979MB <IBM-DTLA-307045> [89355/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA100
> > > > > ad3: 43979MB <IBM-DTLA-307045> [89355/16/63] at ata1-slave UDMA100
> > > > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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