From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264762AbUEaUBB (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2004 16:01:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264763AbUEaUBB (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2004 16:01:01 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:52352 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264762AbUEaUA6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2004 16:00:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 22:01:21 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Greg KH Cc: Pokey the Penguin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix Message-ID: <20040531200120.GA1747@ucw.cz> References: <20040531174012.BA07D2B2B58@ws5-7.us4.outblaze.com> <20040531180341.GA17125@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040531180341.GA17125@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 11:03:42AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > The patch is ported from a SuSE kernel to 2.6.7-rc2. It's been > > around for at least two minor releases. The maintainer was > > contacted regarding merging but failed to respond. > > > > Patch vital to certain laptop users. Please apply. > > But this breaks users who want BIOS usb support instead of native Linux > support, right? Sure, there are not many people who want that, but I do > know people who rely on this (like installer kernels, and early boot > issues with USB keyboards.) I wrote the patch, SuSE 9.1 is shipping with it - too many BIOSes get the USB support wrong - don't expect keyboards and mice which don't honor the SET_IDLE command, etch. In my experience the BIOS USB support causes much more pain than good, namely preventing the normal PS/2 mice and keyboards to work properly. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR