Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:54:38 -0800 | From | "Justin P. Mattock" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Disable i8042 checks on Intel Apple Macs |
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On 01/20/10 11:37, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 11:14 -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote: >> On 01/20/10 10:23, Bastien Nocera wrote: >>> As those computers never had any i8042 controllers, and the >>> current lookup code could potentially lock up/hang/wait for >>> timeout for long periods of time. >>> >>> Fixes intermittent hangs on boot on a MacbookAir1,1 > <snip> >> glad you submitted this. i.g. been looking at some dmi >> blacklist thing over here(been racking my brain around >> a bit, and seeing your idea simplified it a bit more for me). > > Yeah, dmi_check_system() returns the number of matches. I had to look up > the code to see what it did :) > >> as for what you have here, do you think individually >> defining each machine is safer, or does it not matter? > > For this particular case, it's not necessary, as none of the Apple > machines ever had any i8042 hardware. Or at least that's what Peter > Jones told me, and I have no reasons to doubt him. > > Cheers > > ahh.. because of the no i8042..
Justin P. Mattock
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