Re: [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 10:01:21PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> 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.

I agree that lots of BIOSes get the USB support wrong, but this patch
really scares me.  How about we see how it works out in a few SuSE
releases before adding it to the main kernel tree?

thanks,

greg k-h