Change in PSM sync behavior
Dan Nelson
dnelson at allantgroup.com
Sun Aug 15 22:28:34 PDT 2004
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 :)
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Dan Nelson
dnelson at allantgroup.com
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