[AMD64 - FC4-64] SMP causes keyboard trouble

[Louis Lagendijk]

On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 11:51 +0200, A.J. Bonnema wrote:
> Steve Underwood wrote:
> 
> > After posting what I wrote earlier, I thought I would have another 
> > look at the Tyan website. They now have a BIOS which does allow USB 
> > legacy to be turned off. This is version 1.16. Their notes don't 
> > mention this change, but after installing it I found the new option. I 
> > have been using a PS/2 keyboard for the past few hours with no errors. 
> > This is looking good. I suggest you try it. :-)
> >
> > Steve
> >
> I have been experimenting with USB legacy and with PS2 versus USB and 
> the result is:
> 
> 1. PS2 keyboard in combination with SMP gives the same result, it just 
> takes longer to happen.
> 2. disabling USB legacy results in the BIOS not recognizing any 
> keyboard. It does recognize the mouse even though both keyboard and 
> mouse are wireless and thus connected through the same USB device.
> 3. Only the UP-kernel is trouble free (as far as USB/PS2 keyboard is 
> concerned).
> 
> I have also found a bug that describes my problem (more or less) so I 
> added comments to it:
> 
> 
>   Bug 154539 processed: Kernel 2.6.11-1.14 & 2.6.11-1.27 break USB
>   mouse/keyboard.
> 
There is another bug-report (162865) that may apply as weel: there is a
bug in the combination dual core processor + power now. Check the latest
kernel from testing. That fixed my problems on my AMD64 X2.....
Louis

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Louis Lagendijk <louis at lagendijk.xs4all.nl>
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