Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:30:13 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix |
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On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 10:01:21PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 11:03:42AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > The patch is ported from a SuSE kernel to 2.6.7-rc2. It's been > > > around for at least two minor releases. The maintainer was > > > contacted regarding merging but failed to respond. > > > > > > Patch vital to certain laptop users. Please apply. > > > > But this breaks users who want BIOS usb support instead of native Linux > > support, right? Sure, there are not many people who want that, but I do > > know people who rely on this (like installer kernels, and early boot > > issues with USB keyboards.) > > I wrote the patch, SuSE 9.1 is shipping with it - too many BIOSes get > the USB support wrong - don't expect keyboards and mice which don't > honor the SET_IDLE command, etch. In my experience the BIOS USB support > causes much more pain than good, namely preventing the normal PS/2 mice > and keyboards to work properly.
I agree that lots of BIOSes get the USB support wrong, but this patch really scares me. How about we see how it works out in a few SuSE releases before adding it to the main kernel tree?
thanks,
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