From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Pokey the Penguin <pokey@linuxmail.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 22:01:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040531200120.GA1747@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040531180341.GA17125@kroah.com>
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 11:03:42AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > The patch is ported from a SuSE kernel to 2.6.7-rc2. It's been
> > around for at least two minor releases. The maintainer was
> > contacted regarding merging but failed to respond.
> >
> > Patch vital to certain laptop users. Please apply.
>
> But this breaks users who want BIOS usb support instead of native Linux
> support, right? Sure, there are not many people who want that, but I do
> know people who rely on this (like installer kernels, and early boot
> issues with USB keyboards.)
I wrote the patch, SuSE 9.1 is shipping with it - too many BIOSes get
the USB support wrong - don't expect keyboards and mice which don't
honor the SET_IDLE command, etch. In my experience the BIOS USB support
causes much more pain than good, namely preventing the normal PS/2 mice
and keyboards to work properly.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-31 20:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-31 17:40 [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix Pokey the Penguin
2004-05-31 18:03 ` Greg KH
2004-05-31 20:01 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2004-06-04 20:30 ` Greg KH
2004-06-05 9:18 ` Vojtech Pavlik
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