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SubjectRe: keyboard problem with 2.6.6
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>>>>> "Oliver" == Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> writes:

>> Where it is now possible to move it out of kernel space WITHOUT
>> performance problems, why not move it out?

Oliver> Two reasons: security and robustness.

Oliver> 1. sysreq must work, always work. Ideally you even do the
Oliver> dump in hard irq. USB has been modified to support this.

It doesn't always work. Try to compile 'i8042' and 'atkbd' as
modules. rmmod one of them, and voila: SysRq doesn't work anymore.



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