[Bug 119194] Re: [hardy] ps2 mouse erratic - parity errors - lost synchronization errors

[Damjan Jovanovic]

This bug is now fixed in the latest Linux kernel git. Please backport to
Lucid and earlier?

commit 6b9d363c49d22395d0cf8729c5963f83cfbb6d69
Author: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov at gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Apr 19 00:42:16 2010 -0700

    Input: psmouse - ignore parity error for basic protocols
    
    Observing behavior of the other OS it appears that parity errors reported
    by the keyboard controller are being ignored and the data is processed
    as usual. Let's do the same for standard PS/2 protocols (bare, Intellimouse
    and Intellimouse Explorer) to provide better compatibility. Thsi should fix
    teh following bug:
    
        https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6105
    
    Thanks for Damjan Jovanovic for locating the source of issue and ideas
    for the patch.
    
    Tested-by: Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov at gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor at mail.ru>

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[hardy] ps2 mouse erratic - parity errors - lost synchronization errors
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119194
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