From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264571AbUDVSIK (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:08:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264613AbUDVSIK (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:08:10 -0400 Received: from ip213-185-37-13.laajakaista.mtv3.fi ([213.185.37.13]:28044 "EHLO home.holviala.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264571AbUDVSIH (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:08:07 -0400 From: Kim Holviala To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] psmouse: fix mouse hotplugging Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:08:06 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <200404221546.i3MFka6w004059@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> In-Reply-To: <200404221546.i3MFka6w004059@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404222108.06373.kim@holviala.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 22 April 2004 18:46, Horst von Brand wrote: > > This patch fixes hotplugging of PS/2 devices on hardware which don't > > support hotplugging of PS/2 devices. In other words, most desktop > > machines. > > I have seen "hoplugging of mice" fry PS/2 ports, and heard of motherboards > killed that way. And I've heard people rm -rf'ing their root. Yet rm is still included. Anyway, the patch should also fix rare cases of KVM weirdness and an even rarer cases of mouse not detected properly at boot. Kim