From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 05:28:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C8C416A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:28:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43D3A43D1F for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:28:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i7G5SXvU069806; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:28:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:28:33 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Message-ID: <20040816052833.GH73391@dan.emsphone.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change in PSM sync behavior X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:28:34 -0000 In the last episode (Aug 13), Justin T. Gibbs said: > I've had this change locally for some time and think it may be a > worth while change to commit to the tree. My patch defers the setup > of the sync bits until the first "normal" data packet is received > from the mouse. In the case of Avocent Outlook KVM's, this avoids a > bug in their intellimouse emulator that sends back incorrect sync > when you explicitly request a data packet from the mouse. Without > this change, you must force the driver into stock PS/2 mode or be > flooded with a never ending stream of "out of sync" messages. +1 vote for me! This fixes the 2-port Switchview at my desk. Resetting into regular PS/2 mode doesn't seem to do any harm (the wheel still works), but it's nice to not have to do it anymore :) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com