From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262848AbVHEEID (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:08:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262854AbVHEEID (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:08:03 -0400 Received: from smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.229.103]:15495 "HELO smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262848AbVHEEHl (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:07:41 -0400 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: isa0060/serio0 problems -WAS- Re: Asus MB and 2.6.12 Problems Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:07:33 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, frank.peters@comcast.net, vojtech@suse.cz References: <20050624113404.198d254c.frank.peters@comcast.net> <200508042220.27480.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20050804205441.0a90f637.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20050804205441.0a90f637.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508042307.33880.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 04 August 2005 22:54, Andrew Morton wrote: > Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > > 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. > > Sounds like a fun thing for post-2.6.13. > > What does usb-handoff do, precisely? > It requests BIOS to hand off control of USB which disables USB legacy emulation and all troubles associated with it. We could start with -mm... -- Dmitry