Re: [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix

From: Vojtech Pavlik
Date: Sat Jun 05 2004 - 04:20:09 EST


On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 01:30:13PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> > I wrote the patch, SuSE 9.1 is shipping with it - too many BIOSes get
> > the USB support wrong - don't expect keyboards and mice which don't
> > honor the SET_IDLE command, etch. In my experience the BIOS USB support
> > causes much more pain than good, namely preventing the normal PS/2 mice
> > and keyboards to work properly.
>
> I agree that lots of BIOSes get the USB support wrong, but this patch
> really scares me. How about we see how it works out in a few SuSE
> releases before adding it to the main kernel tree?

Fine with me. That's one reason why I didn't submit it yet.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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