Re: isa0060/serio0 problems -WAS- Re: Asus MB and 2.6.12 Problems

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>]

On Thursday 04 August 2005 22:09, Frank Peters wrote:
> I'll use bugzilla to report any problems with 2.6.13-rc6.
> 
> But since I've included the "usb-handoff" option at boot time,
> all my problems (except the long dhcp/eth0 connect time) are
> now gone.  Right now I'm using 2.6.13-rc5.
> 
> I understand the need to pinpoint the kernel version, but the
> "usb-handoff" option has even corrected some problems that
> started in linux-2.4.x.  For example, my PS/2 mouse now functions
> normally.  It has not worked with this motherboard since some time
> in the 2.4.x series.  Also, my keyboard lights were malfunctioning
> under X-Window since early 2.6.x, but with the "usb-handoff" option
> they are working normally now.
> 
> If I had known about the "usb-handoff" option earlier, this thread 
> probalby would not even have come into existence.  As long as "usb-handoff"
> keeps working, I would consider the issue closed.
> 

We really really need to make usb-handoff default. Even if there known boxes
that don't like it the blacklist would be rather short, much shorter than
a whitelist.

-- 
Dmitry