PROBLEM: wrong default setting for "PS/2 mouse (aka "auxiliary device") support" in .config with menuconfig

From: Benjamin . Eggerstedt
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 02:03:58 EST

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Hi,

hope that helps you... ;)
don't be shy, mail back if you have questions ...

first i have tried to mail to Alessandro Rubini
(rubini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (MAINTAINER for MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES
[GENERAL]) but the mail returns with "unroutable address"... :(

So, there is no other way for me to get in contact with you....

[1.] One line summary of the problem:
wrong default setting for "PS/2 mouse (aka "auxiliary device") support"
in .config with menuconfig

[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
after "make-kpkg --config=menuconfig --revision=worktux2.4.22
kernel_image" the option "PS/2 mouse (aka "auxiliary device") support"
under "Character devices // Mice" is marked as [*]. per default there
is no .config provided. the problem is that "CONFIG_PSMOUSE" is a "yes,
no"-option and per default the menuconfig set to "m", what means
module. The Option cannot be "m", so /dev/psaux won't work after
compile:

$ cat /dev/psaux
no such device

if you reset the option "PS/2 mouse...." the .config will be saved in
the right format (CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y)

[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
character devices, mice, /dev/psaux

[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.22 (root@worktux) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002
(Debian prerelease)) #1 Wed Sep 17 13:27:41 CEST 2003

[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
no oops message

[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem
(if possible)
$ cat /dev/psaux
-> No such device

[7.] Environment

[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# sh scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.

Linux worktux 2.4.22 #1 Wed Sep 17 13:27:41 CEST 2003 i686 unknown

Gnu C 2.95.4
Gnu make 3.79.1
util-linux 2.11n
mount 2.11n
modutils 2.4.15
e2fsprogs 1.27
PPP 2.4.1
Linux C Library 2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.60
Console-tools 0.2.3
Sh-utils 2.0.11
Modules Loaded cpuid ncpfs i810_audio ac97_codec soundcore
3c59x

[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 1994.165
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
bogomips : 3971.48

[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# cat /proc/modules
cpuid 1152 0 (unused)
ncpfs 32096 0 (unused)
i810_audio 21344 0 (unused)
ac97_codec 12000 0 [i810_audio]
soundcore 3492 2 [i810_audio]
3c59x 25128 1

[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports,
/proc/iomem)
worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1000-101f : Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1)
1400-141f : Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2)
1800-181f : Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3)
1c00-1c1f : Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM SMBus Controller
2000-203f : Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller
2000-203f : Intel ICH4
2400-24ff : Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller
2400-24ff : Intel ICH4
2800-280f : Intel Corp. 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller
2800-2807 : ide0
2808-280f : ide1
3000-303f : Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
3400-347f : 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
3400-347f : 02:09.0

worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# cat /proc/iomem
00000000-0009f7ff : System RAM
0009f800-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000cf000-000cf7ff : Extension ROM
000dc000-000dffff : reserved
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-0feeffff : System RAM
00100000-00257fe9 : Kernel code
00257fea-002bf937 : Kernel data
0fef0000-0fefbfff : ACPI Tables
0fefc000-0fefffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
0ff00000-0ff7ffff : System RAM
0ff80000-0fffffff : reserved
10000000-100003ff : Intel Corp. 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller
d0000000-d00003ff : Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2
d0000800-d00008ff : Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller
d0000800-d00008ff : ich_audio MBBAR
d0000c00-d0000dff : Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller
d0000c00-d0000dff : ich_audio MMBAR
d1000000-d1ffffff : PCI Bus #01
d1000000-d1ffffff : nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440SE AGP
8x]
d2000000-d2000fff : Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet
Controller
d2001000-d200107f : 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
e0000000-e3ffffff : Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host
Bridge
f0000000-f3ffffff : PCI Bus #01
f0000000-f3ffffff : nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440SE AGP
8x]
fec00000-fed003ff : reserved
fee00000-fee00fff : reserved
ffb80000-ffbfffff : reserved
fff00000-ffffffff : reserved

[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
worktux:/usr/src/linux-2.4.22# lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2560 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1003
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [e4] #09 [4105]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2561 (rev 01) (prog-if
00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
Memory behind bridge: d1000000-d1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f3ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c2 (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1004
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 4: I/O ports at 1000 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c4 (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1004
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
Region 4: I/O ports at 1400 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c7 (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1004
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 10
Region 4: I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cd (rev 01)
(prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1004
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [58] #0a [2080]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (rev
81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=80
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: d2000000-d20fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c0 (rev 01)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cb (rev 01)
(prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1004
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 1: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 2: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 3: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 4: I/O ports at 2800 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c3 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1004
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
Region 4: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c5
(rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:0088
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
Region 2: Memory at d0000c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=512]
Region 3: Memory at d0000800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device
0182 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc.: Unknown device 2922
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at d1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA- 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1039 (rev 81)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1734:1001
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 66 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

02:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast
Etherlink] (rev 78)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink for PC
Management NIC
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 80 (2500ns min, 2500ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at 3400 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at d2001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
no scsi components

[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem (please
look in /proc and include all information that you think to be
relevant):
i think the above informations are more then enough.... ;)
(for this default setting problem absolutly overkill...)

[8.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
workaround 1:
unset and set the "PS/2 mouse (aka "auxiliary device") support" -
Option in "Character devices // Mice"

workaround 2:
change the option "CONFIG_PSMOUSE=m" to "CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y" in
.config...

information:
the kernel that runs during writing the mail was a "fixed" kernel
(CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y), should not be interesting for this problem!

kind regards,

Benjamin Eggerstedt
Hamburg/Germany
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