[ros-kernel] Mouse driver autodetection and installation

[Eric Kohl]

"Filip Navara" <xnavara at volny.cz> wrote:

> Basicly you set sample rate to 20 followed by 40 and then 60 at last 
> (these numbers are decimal!) and then read seven bytes from the data 
> port that are the PnP ID. There's one quirk though with some very old MS 
> mice that send 'P' followed by a make/break sequences (don't remember 
> the exact numbers of these codes) instead of the correct PnP ID. The ID 
> that comes back from mouse is in format PNPxxxx or MSHxxxx.
> 
> The code for sending PS/2 commands and receiving the results is already 
> present in the current psaux driver (function SendCommand I think).

I'll try that! Thanks a lot for the tip!


Regards,
Eric