Re: [PATCH] trivial fix for 2.6.11 raid6 compilation on ppc w/ Altivec

Andrew Morton
2005-03-04T07:15:32Z

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> The boot param is rather lame, IMO, since it affects a -bunch- of
> laptops. But whatever...

My main desktop (a recent Dell), running 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 needs i8042.nopnp=1
(sic. It got renamed) so I can type stuff too. (rerekicks self). I expect
this machine would require i8042.noacpi=1 if it was running 2.6.11.

Lots of machines are affected. It's a bit of a howler.