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SubjectRe: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6


On Thu, 27 May 2010, Robert Hancock wrote:
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> It's highly unlikely that they are incomplete in this respect, as
> since I mentioned, Windows would fail to recognize the PS/2 controller
> that people would expect to work, which would most likely get
> noticed..

Did you miss the part where I actually quoted my own modern Core i5
machine that _does_ have a keyboard controller, and _does_ have a keyboard
port, and that does _not_ mention them in the PnP tables?

> I think this is a case where it has to be trusted, because that's what
> Windows does.

The thing is, Windows isn't used for things like headless machines. Which
we went over extensively in the thread. There's a _reason_ why Linux
probes the dang thing.

Linus


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