usb-ohci mouse lockups on National Geode system
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We are experiencing usb mouse freezing with different 2.4.x kernels (tested: 2.4.1, 2.4.17 and 2.4.20). In 2.4.20 it's actually much more frequent than in the older ones.
The freezing lockups only happen when the ide disk is active and the mouse is being moved during that time.
Sounds like a bug in ohci, but it may be hard to track down. In the meantime, use "hdparm -u 1 /dev/hda" in your boot scripts as a workaround.
-- Pete
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We are experiencing usb mouse freezing with different 2.4.x kernels (tested: 2.4.1, 2.4.17 and 2.4.20). In 2.4.20 it's actually much more frequent than in the older ones. The freezing lockups only happen when the ide disk is active and the mouse is being moved during that time.
Sounds like a bug in ohci, but it may be hard to track down. In the meantime, use "hdparm -u 1
/dev/hda" in your boot scripts as a workaround.
I tried it, but there are no noticeable improvements. This maybe indicates that it's a general interrupt timing problem with the ohci driver?
/Patrik