mouse driver

hello ,
I am trying to develop a mouse driver on linux red
hat 9 on kernel 2.4.20-8 . I am using mouse driver code by Alan Cox available on the web. I could successfully compile the code .
My machine is using PS/2 mouse.i reboot the machine with mouse removed it asks me for remove configuration.
After this when i insmod the driver and do mknod .when i try to open this device it gives me kernel panic giving messages as interrupt not syncing.
Please can u tell me as to do i test this code . Do i
need to do some special kernel configuration for testing this code.
I desperately need to test this code for my project.
It would be very kind of u if u could help me in this matter.
looking forward to ur reply
roshan

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