Re: PROBLEM: PS/2 keyboard does not work with 2.6.15

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Mon Jan 09 2006 - 11:48:56 EST


On 1/9/06, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 08 January 2006 16:23, Martin Bretschneider wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Jens Nödler who has got the same motheboard (Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 with
> > > nforce4 chipset) can confirm my problem. But he found out that the
> > > keyboard connected to the ps/2 port does work with kernel 2.6.15 if
> > > "USB keyboard support" is disabled in the BIOS.
> > >
> >
> > Ok, I an getting enough reports to conclude that the new usb-handoff
> > code does not seem to be working. Let's try CCing USB list and other
> > parties involved :)
> >
> > Greg, Alan, any ideas?
>
> It would be nice to know which part of the usb-handoff code causes the
> problem.

Well, it's not handoff code causing problems per se, it's just that it
does not look like it performs handoff. If it did then disabling USB
legacy emulation in BIOS would have no effect, right?

--
Dmitry
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