Re: Synced to 2.4.12

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> > Ah. So it is a race condition on SMP. I don't have a SMP box so I haven't
> > seen this problem. Do you see anything? 
> 
> No, I don't. The problem is that the source would not compile. Still the
> same problem with global_irq_lock in bust_spinlocks.
> What is global_irq_lock suppose to do, by the way ? To disable irqs on all
> cpus ?

Ah!! Yes it is to disable irqs. I will have to disable it. I really wish
global_irq_lock was universal on all platforms. Its not :-(  I will commit
it out.

> It did not work for the console either. But that may just be me who
> misconfigured the kernel. I read input.txt several times, but it seems to
> focus on USB keyboards and mice. 

True. It is USB centeric but the PS/2 keybaord should still behave as a
USB keyboard. 

> I therefore have some difficulties to
> apply it to my "simple" PS2 keyboard. I understand there are a few changes
> to do to have the mouse working (patch gpm, change XF86Config). Is there
> anything similar to do with the keyboard ?

It should behave the same as a USB keyboard. Since X uses the console in
raw mode for keyboard input it should behave the same. You don't need to
do anything special. What is your configuration?