From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:52:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:52:52 -0400 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:5636 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:52:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:33:13 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Input - Make i8042.c less picky about AUX ports [1/3] Message-ID: <20021014183313.B585@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200210100725.JAA00155@bug.ucw.cz> <20021010093631.A7994@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021010093631.A7994@ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > ChangeSet@1.597.3.1, 2002-10-08 17:36:32+02:00, vojtech@suse.cz > > > Make i8042.c even less picky about detecting an AUX port because of > > > broken chipsets that don't support the LOOP command or report failure > > > on the TEST command. Hopefully this won't screw any old 386/486 > > > systems without the AUX port. > > > > would it make sense to at least printk() on such > > broken chipsets? > > Maybe. But if we wanted to printk() on every chipset which doesn't > follow the i8042 spec in some way, we'd keep the logs full ... If you keep it one line per bug, it should not be more than 2 lines on normal chipsets, right? :-). And we may get better hardware in future by doing this. Pavel -- When do you have heart between your knees?