From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: add HP Compaq 2710p to 'noloop' table Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:38:01 +0100 Message-ID: <20100414133801.GA11142@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20100414123643.GB9242@srcf.ucam.org> <20100414135350.3b1643c2@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20100414125244.GC10075@srcf.ucam.org> <20100414143550.75def636@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:48046 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752274Ab0DNNiG (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:38:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100414143550.75def636@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Jiri Kosina , Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 02:35:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > I think in this case you are in cloud cuckoo land. Windows doesn't > autoprobe all these mouse types, and some years of careful > experimentation seems to indicate the best you can do is select which > devices break without blacklists. Blacklists which have to vary based on BIOS version? It's pretty obvious that this doesn't scale. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org