Bug#607242: [PATCH] psmouse: mitigate failing-mouse symptoms

2011-01-07 Thread Jim Hill
This kernel mouse driver patch fixes it. Also submitted upstream. Keep a failing ps/2 mouse usable until you can replace it conveniently. It's a filter on incoming packets that makes a simple attempt at recovering from dropped bytes. Controlled by /sys/module/psmouse/parameters/filter set it

Bug#607242: [PATCH] psmouse: mitigate failing-mouse symptoms

2011-01-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 01:57 -0800, Jim Hill wrote: > This kernel mouse driver patch fixes it. Also submitted upstream. > > Keep a failing ps/2 mouse usable until you can replace it conveniently. > > It's a filter on incoming packets that makes a simple attempt at > recovering from dropped bytes

Bug#607242: [PATCH] psmouse: mitigate failing-mouse symptoms

2011-01-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 13:23 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 01:57 -0800, Jim Hill wrote: > > This kernel mouse driver patch fixes it. Also submitted upstream. [...] > > Hi, this is my first patch, I hope I got the procedures right, apologies in > > advance if I goofed something