From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6 Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20100513075728.GF30110@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100513160117.GB22238@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100513171639.GA23708@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100513181002.GB23708@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100514153842.GA6398@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:37010 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751499Ab0ENPpn (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2010 11:45:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100514153842.GA6398@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , Dmitry Torokhov , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Bastien Nocera On Fri, 14 May 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > I think that's true except in the case where the Leading Other OS won't > use a device unless it's present in ACPI - that kind of enforcement > tends to concentrate vendors' minds, even if they'd otherwise be busy > filling data tables with garbage. Largely true. That said, nobody uses Windows in a headless environment, the way people _do_ use Linux and then later plug in a keyboard. Also, even with Windows, I do wonder if they have things like cut-off dates for trusting ACPI. We certainly do. Linus