Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far

Lee Revell
2007-03-20T05:04:53Z

On 3/16/07, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> Yes, this is probably caused by SMM code trying to emulate a PS/2
> keyboard from a (maybe connected or not) USB keyboard. Unfortunately we
> have no way to disable this BIOS misfeature in the early boot process.

https://mail.rtai.org/pipermail/rtai/2003-March/002949.html

http://www.embeddedrelated.com/usenet/embedded/show/50333-1.php

I think CONFIG_TRY_TO_DISABLE_SMI would be excellent for debugging,
not to mention people trying to spec out hardware for RT
applications...

Lee