Re: 2.5.67-mm1

[Andrew Morton]

Ed Tomlinson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> This does not boot here.  I loop with the following message. 
> 
> i8042.c: Can't get irq 12 for AUX, unregistering the port.
> 
> irq 12 is used (correctly) by my 20267 ide card.  My mouse is
> usb and AUX is not used.
> 

Does the below patch help?  Probably not...

And does reverting
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.67/2.5.67-mm1/broken-out/earlier-keyboard-init.patch
fix it?

Thanks.

diff -puN drivers/input/serio/i8042.c~i8042-share-irqs drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
--- 25/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c~i8042-share-irqs	2003-04-08 09:05:16.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c	2003-04-08 09:05:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ static int i8042_open(struct serio *port
 		if (i8042_mux_open++)
 			return 0;
 
-	if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt, 0, "i8042", NULL)) {
+	if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt,
+			SA_SHIRQ, "i8042", NULL)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "i8042.c: Can't get irq %d for %s, unregistering the port.\n", values->irq, values->name);
 		values->exists = 0;
 		serio_unregister_port(port);
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ static int __init i8042_check_mux(struct
  * Check if AUX irq is available.
  */
 
-	if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt, 0, "i8042", NULL))
+	if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt, SA_SHIRQ, "i8042", NULL))
                 return -1;
 	free_irq(values->irq, NULL);
 
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ static int __init i8042_check_aux(struct
  * in trying to detect AUX presence.
  */
 
-	if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt, 0, "i8042", NULL))
+	if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt, SA_SHIRQ, "i8042", NULL))
                 return -1;
 	free_irq(values->irq, NULL);
 

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