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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Help w/ PS/2 mouse and 2.0R
Date: 8 Dec 1994 23:10:53 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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References: <1994Dec8.065612.1731@nosc.mil>
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In article <1994Dec8.065612.1731@nosc.mil>,
Craig Huckabee <huck@nosc.mil> wrote:

>  I'm using a 486DX2 66Mhz AST Bravo.  After the basic system went so well
>I decided to install X.  Whoops, no mouse being found!  The FAQ mentioned that
>ps/2 support is there (and it mentions the psm0 driver being discussed in
>options.doc, a file I can't find anywhere) so my guess is a kernel needs to
>be made adding the psm0 driver.  Trouble:  What is the correct format for
>this in the config file (since I can't find the options.doc file that
>supposedly shows this) AND if I've got to enter in a H/W port address, how
>do I find the address for the port (or does PS/2 use a standard port?)
>Anyone know how or does anyone have an AST that can tell me?

Look at the LINT kernel configuration file, since it should be listed in
there.  There are other things besides this that need to be done
regarding the port conflicts, but I don't remember them.  You should look
in /sys/i386/isa.c for the defines.

device		psm0	at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 12 vector psmintr



Nate

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