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

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Tue May 04 2010 - 14:03:11 EST


On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 06:36:34PM +0100, 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
>
> Signed-off-by: Bastien Nocera <hadess@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/input/serio/i8042.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c b/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
> index d84a36e..2be7207 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c

This should go into i8042-x86ia64io.h and used to create PNP whitelist.

Thanks.

--
Dmitry
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