On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 08:05:08PM -0700, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > Hello Family, > > Well, now I just had one more question about the FreeBSD-5.4/amd64 > system I'm trying to get the mouse working on. I booted in "verbose" > mode and spotted the following in dmesg: > > ################################ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]-> dmesg|grep psm0 > > psm0: current command byte:0047 > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> flags 0x2000 irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4-00, 5 buttons > psm0: config:00002000, flags:00000008, packet size:4 > psm0: syncmask:08, syncbits:00 > > ################################ > > Does anyone have any idea what the "GIANT-LOCKED" comment means?
Essentially, the driver cannot take advantage of multiple CPUs. See the archives for further discussion. Kris
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