From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 19/27] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt to reST
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 01:09:15 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190506170923.7117-20-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190506170923.7117-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/x86/index.rst | 1 +
...acy-support.txt => usb-legacy-support.rst} | 40 +++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/x86/{usb-legacy-support.txt => usb-legacy-support.rst} (53%)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
index 453557097743..3eb0334ae2d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ x86-specific Documentation
pti
microcode
resctrl_ui
+ usb-legacy-support
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt b/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
similarity index 53%
rename from Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
index 1894cdfc69d9..e01c08b7c981 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================
USB Legacy support
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+==================
-Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004
+:Author: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004
Also known as "USB Keyboard" or "USB Mouse support" in the BIOS Setup is a
@@ -27,18 +31,20 @@ It has several drawbacks, though:
Solutions:
-Problem 1) can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the
-PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into
-the kernel unconditionally, this means the USB drivers need to be
-compiled-in, too.
-
-Problem 2) can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G
-in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update
-could help, but so far no such update exists.
-
-Problem 3) is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
-manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
-Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
-idle=poll on the kernel command line. The BIOS may be entering the SMM
-on the HLT instruction as well.
-
+Problem 1)
+ can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the
+ PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into
+ the kernel unconditionally, this means the USB drivers need to be
+ compiled-in, too.
+
+Problem 2)
+ can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G
+ in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update
+ could help, but so far no such update exists.
+
+Problem 3)
+ is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
+ manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
+ Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
+ idle=poll on the kernel command line. The BIOS may be entering the SMM
+ on the HLT instruction as well.
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-06 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-06 17:08 [PATCH v3 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:08 ` [PATCH v3 01/27] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:08 ` [PATCH v3 02/27] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:52 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-08 14:54 ` Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:08 ` [PATCH v3 03/27] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 04/27] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 05/27] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 07/27] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 08/27] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 09/27] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 10/27] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 11/27] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 12/27] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 13/27] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 14/27] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 15/27] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 16/27] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 17/27] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 18/27] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 20/27] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 21/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 23/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 24/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 25/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 26/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 27/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du
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