Re: [PATCH] Disable i8042 checks on Intel Apple Macs

[Justin P. Mattock]

On 01/20/10 11:37, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 11:14 -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> > On 01/20/10 10:23, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > As those computers never had any i8042 controllers, and the
> > > current lookup code could potentially lock up/hang/wait for
> > > timeout for long periods of time.
> > >
> > > Fixes intermittent hangs on boot on a MacbookAir1,1
> <snip>
> > glad you submitted this. i.g. been looking at some dmi
> > blacklist thing over here(been racking my brain around
> > a bit, and seeing your idea simplified it a bit more for me).
>
> Yeah, dmi_check_system() returns the number of matches. I had to look up
> the code to see what it did :)
>
> > as for what you have here, do you think individually
> > defining each machine is safer, or does it not matter?
>
> For this particular case, it's not necessary, as none of the Apple
> machines ever had any i8042 hardware. Or at least that's what Peter
> Jones told me, and I have no reasons to doubt him.
>
> Cheers
ahh.. because of the no i8042..

Justin P. Mattock
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