Re: usb hid: reset NumLock

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On 4/5/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On a certain keyboard, when BIOS sets NumLock LED on, it survives the takeover
> by Linux and thus confuses users.
>
> Eating of an increasibly scarce quirk bit is unfortunate. We do it for safety,
> given the history of nervous input devices which crash if anything unusual
> happens.

You know, I would not call turning leds on an off an unusual operation
for a keyboard.

--
Dmitry
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