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SubjectRe: Keyboard Jammed error patch 2.4.35-pre4
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 08:30:22PM -0700, David W Studeman wrote:
> Willy Tarreau wrote:
> >Hello David,
> >
> >first, please always take care of keeping persons in CC when replying to
> >LKML, otherwise you risk your mail being missed.
> >
> >On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 06:00:50AM -0700, David W Studeman wrote:
> >>Ok, I finally applied the patch manually to 2.4.36.7 and then made my own
> >>diff from that. Your patch would likely have applied if I increased the
> >>fuzz factor as it was merely off by a number of lines. When trying to
> >>compile with no keyboard or VT support, I still get this error:
> >>
> >>arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.text.init+0x33e6): In function
> >>`disable_console_keyboard':
> >>: undefined reference to `keyboard_controller_present'
> >>make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> >
> >I know what causes this. The fix is merged into 2.4.37-rc1. I've been
> >using it for a long time without even noticing that it was still not
> >merged. The fix is trivial as it simply removes the
> >disable_console_keyboard
> >function when CONFIG_VT is not set. This is needed because the variable
> >keyboard_controller_present is only defined when CONFIG_VT is set.
> >
> >Here's the patch if it can help you.
> >
> >Also, next time you encounter problems, please post your config. It's
> >very hard to troubleshoot build bugs without a config. I would have
> >immediately spotted this missing patch on the first time had I got
> >that config.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Willy
> >
> >----
> >From 90e228888a59d630c8094d5d1b273b00a2c76cc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> >Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:37:51 +0200
> >Subject: x86 would not build without CONFIG_VT
> >
> >I've been using this patch for a while without noticing it never
> >went into mainline. It is required to build i386 without CONFIG_VT.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> >---
> > arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c | 6 +++++-
> > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c b/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
> >index 07c6d94..9c27ca2 100644
> >--- a/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
> >+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
> >@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ static __init int disable_acpi_pci(struct
> >dmi_blacklist *d)
> > */
> >
> >
> >+#ifdef CONFIG_VT
> > /* IBM bladeservers have a USB console switch. The keyboard type is
> > USB
> > * and the hardware does not have a console keyboard. We disable the
> > * console keyboard so the kernel does not try to initialize one and
> >@@ -538,6 +539,7 @@ static __init int disable_console_keyboard(struct
> >dmi_blacklist *d)
> > keyboard_controller_present = 0;
> > return 0;
> > }
> >+#endif
> >
> > /*
> > * This will be expanded over time to force things like the APM
> >@@ -825,7 +827,8 @@ static __initdata struct dmi_blacklist
> >dmi_blacklist[]={
> > MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "IBM"),
> > NO_MATCH, NO_MATCH, NO_MATCH
> > } },
> >- /*
> >+#ifdef CONFIG_VT
> >+ /*
> > * IBM Bladeservers
> > */
> >
> >@@ -834,6 +837,7 @@ static __initdata struct dmi_blacklist
> >dmi_blacklist[]={
> > MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Server Blade"),
> > NO_MATCH, NO_MATCH
> > } },
> >+#endif
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT
> > /*
>
>
> Ok, Thanks Willy! The changes to the dmi_scan.c as you gave above from
> 2.4.37rc1 fixed the remaining problem. I have a 2.4.36.7 Cobalt patched
> kernel running in a Raq550 as I type this and it compiled with no
> keyboard or VT support cleanly with your dmi_scan and pc_keybd patch so
> I no longer am using the old regression patch I made previously.

fine, it will be merged into 2.4.36.8 too.

Willy



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