Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:04:21 +0100 | From | Ian Stirling <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] psmouse: fix mouse hotplugging |
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Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Horst von Brand wrote: > > >>>This patch fixes hotplugging of PS/2 devices on hardware which don't >>>support hotplugging of PS/2 devices. In other words, most desktop >> >>machines. >> >>I have seen "hoplugging of mice" fry PS/2 ports, and heard of motherboards >>killed that way. > > > For older systems, a fuse would often blow on these ports, which > depending on the implementation would require a power cycle or a soldering > iron. Then one of those PCxx specs from Microsoft required the PS/2 ports > to support hot-plugging, so chances are it may pretty safe with recent > equipment.
Even for relatively newer kit, wierd stuff can happen. I recall one keyboard/athlon 500 system that would reboot 10s after the keyboard was plugged in, about 1% of the time. Probably a KBC code bug, but unfixable. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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