FYI: This patch fixes my problems on test7. Fortunately for me, it looks
easy to make the same change to 2.2...
Excerpts from mail: 26-Aug-100 PATCH: psaux lockups on SMP.. by Kevin
Buhr@stat.wisc.edu
> Chaskiel M Grundman <cg2v+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> > I have encountered a problem on several machines that causes the machine
> > to lock up when gpm retakes control of the ps2 mouse device after X is
> > shut down, but only when the system is running an SMP kernel. I could
> > not find any reports of similar problems, which makes me wonder if I
> > might be doing something wrong.... Any ideas? Any other info I should
> > provide?
>
> Linus:
>
> What a coincidence! I just got bitten by this last night while
> chasing down a problem with a wheel mouse.
[...]
> Anyway, here's a patch. I've tested this on 2.4.0-test5, but it should
> work fine on test7, too.
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