Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: PS/2 Keyboard under 2.6.x | Date | Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:42:12 -0500 |
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On Monday 10 October 2005 23:48, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 10/10/05, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> wrote: > > > >My keyboard is a wireless thing that had a little dongle to make it > > >into ps2. I took that off and used the keyboard as a USB keyboard and > > >it works fine under SMP. > > > > > >This was on 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 for me. > > > > > Have either of you tried the kernel boot option usb=handoff ? I had > > similar problems, and this fixed it for me. > > > > -- > > Michael Krufky > > I have not, but in my case simply using the keyboard as a USB keyboard > was enough to make it work. What doesn't work is when I use it through > a dongle as a ps2 keyboard. I'm puzzled as to why usb=handoff would > fix the ps2 keyboard, but I'm willing to try it tomorrow. >
It is "usb-handoff", not "usb=handoff". It instructs BIOS to disable USB Legacy emulation mode which turns USB keyboard/mouse into emulated PS/2 devices...
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