Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Mar 2015 14:19:47 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Input: psmouse - when comparing PNP IDs ignore case |
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Hi Jeff,
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 04:14:37PM -0600, Jeff Epler wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 04:18:52PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > PNP IDs are supposed to be case-insensitive and so we should compare > > them as such. > > Have specific systems popped up which need this fix, or is it just in > the interests of being correct? If there are specific system(s) that > are affected, it would be valuable to list them or at least say so.
It is needed by another patch identifying SYN300D as a forcepad whereas in BIOS it is actually SYN300d. While we could change the kernel to match against SYN300d I am not sure if somebody else won't use SYN300D in some other BIOS.
Thanks.
-- Dmitry
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