Re: [PATCH] Input: i8042 - add Dell Vostro 1520 and 1720 to the reset list

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:05:00AM +0100, Anisse Astier wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> Sorry for the badly threaded reply, I wasn't subscribed to the list and
> didn't ask explicitely to be Cc-ed.
> 
> >On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:17:37 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >Could youplease explain in more detail what the "bad state" is.
> >And what exactly do you mean by "first boot"? Cold boot? The very
> >first boot after assembling? Something else?
> 
> By bad state I mean that neither touchpad nor keyboard are working. They
> are both unresponsive. You can fix this by adding i8042.reset on the
> kernel command line, or removing the battery and waiting long enough.
> By very first boot I mean when the laptops are received from Dell and
> booted in Linux.
> 
> If you cold boot with a working non-Dell power supply (with same
> electrical characteristics), you can reproduce the "first boot" bug as
> much as you want, and laptops won't work unless you remove the battery
> and wait long enough OR add i8042.reset on the cmdline.
> 

Ok, I see... what about 1320? I did a quick round of googling and it
seem to have the similar issue...

-- 
Dmitry