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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Disable i8042 checks on Intel Apple Macs
    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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