Re: PS2 -> USB magic

[Matthew Dharm]

--wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

BIOS emulation for your USB mouse as a PS/2 device.  It's pretty common on
many mainboards.

Matt

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 07:27:20PM +0200, Nicolas Turro wrote:
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> on my laptop (compaq armada m300), i used to plug an usb mouse,
> and it was 'seen' as a ps2 mouse by Xfree, without any usb module loading=
=20
> (kernel 2.2.18, with custom configure options)
>=20
> root@polaire# ls -l /dev/mouse /dev/psmouse
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           12 Jun 25 15:27 /dev/mouse ->=20
> /dev/psmouse
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys       10,   1 Jun 25 15:27 /dev/psmouse
>=20
> and :
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier  "Mouse1"
>     Driver      "mouse"
>     Option      "Device"        "/dev/mouse"
>     Option      "Protocol"      "PS/2"
>     Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
> EndSection
>=20
> In my XF86Config ...
> It was kinda magic....=20
>=20
> Anyway, i compiled a 2.4.17 kernel (with more or less the same configure=
=20
> options, but it was a pain for usb), and now the same 'magic' doesn't wor=
k....
> I must use usbcore, hid, mousedev, uhci modules in order to use my usb=20
> mouse...
>=20
> Can someone explain me how it worked in 2.2.18 without those modules,
> and is it possible to make the same magic work in 2.4.17 ?
>=20
> Nicolas
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to [e-mail]
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

--=20
Matthew Dharm                              Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.=
net=20
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

Why am I talking to a toilet brush?
					-- CEO
User Friendly, 4/30/1998

--wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE9GKpnIjReC7bSPZARAuL9AJkBXRLTVvZ317Pq4RSaLVYdNBGGYwCfZXRB
kJ0BN/qJOz8tFvqbFnA5RmY=
=/sPo
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN--