Messages in this thread | | | From | Dexuan Cui <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] Input: serio: make HYPERV_KEYBOARD depend on SERIO_I8042=y | Date | Wed, 13 Aug 2014 05:27:36 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: KY Srinivasan > > The Arch users can simply select to build i8042 into the kernel as a > > workaround. > > > > The proper solution is to allow loading libps2 module even if i8042 did not > find > > its device. I wish I could simply drop this i8042_lock_chip and stuff, but > > unfortunately i8042 ports are not truly independent. We need to figure a > > way for libps2 to engage locking in i8042 if the driver is loaded, otherwise > just > > ignore it. > > When I first wrote this driver, we took the decision not to replicate all the > code in the at keyboard driver and to > make this a serio based driver. I like the proposal made by Dmitry here. > > K. Y
Thanks for explaining the background, KY! I like Dmitry's proposal too.
Thanks, -- Dexuan
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