[coreboot] Keyboard not working on Thinkpad X60/T60

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Sat May 7 21:21:30 CEST 2011


On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 08:48:45PM +0200, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net> writes:
> > Some ps2 ports send NAK (0xfe) when there is no keyboard plugged in.
> > The detection for NAK was added so that it doesn't take a full second
> > to recognize that no keyboard is present.  The patch you sent would
> > loop infinitely in this situation.
> 
> Yes, the patch was only for testing purposes. :)
> 
> I feared that are controllers out there that behave like this, so i have
> to find another solution.

How about something like (untested):

--- a/src/ps2port.c
+++ b/src/ps2port.c
@@ -438,9 +438,14 @@ keyboard_init(void *data)
 
     /* ------------------- keyboard side ------------------------*/
     /* reset keyboard and self test  (keyboard side) */
-    ret = ps2_kbd_command(ATKBD_CMD_RESET_BAT, param);
-    if (ret)
-        return;
+    u64 end = calc_future_tsc(4000);
+    for (;;) {
+        ret = ps2_kbd_command(ATKBD_CMD_RESET_BAT, param);
+        if (!ret)
+            break;
+        if (check_tsc(end))
+            return;
+    }
     if (param[0] != 0xaa) {
         dprintf(1, "keyboard self test failed (got %x not 0xaa)\n", param[0]);
         return;

If it works, the 4000 could be turned into a config option.

-Kevin




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