Re: [PATCH?] psmouse-base.c

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Sunday 09 November 2003 11:12 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> arief_mulya <arief_m_utama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > static int psmouse_pm_callback(struct pm_dev *dev, pm_request_t
> > request, void *data)
> >  {
> >          struct psmouse *psmouse = dev->data;
> >          struct serio_dev *ser_dev = psmouse->serio->dev;
> >
> >
> >          switch (request) {
> >          case PM_RESUME:
> >                  psmouse->state = PSMOUSE_IGNORE;
> >                  serio_rescan(psmouse->serio);
> >          default:
> >                  return 0;
> >          }
> >  }
>
> What does the driver do without this change?  ie: what problem is this
> fixing?
>
> Why is it calling serio_rescan() rather than serio_reconnect()?
>

serio_reconnect() is only in your tree (-mm), it has not been pushed to
Linus yet... Unfortunately using rescan can cause input devices be shifted
if some program has them open while suspending.

Dmitry
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