Re: [PATCH] psmouse/usb interaction fix

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 11:03:42AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> > The patch is ported from a SuSE kernel to 2.6.7-rc2. It's been
> > around for at least two minor releases. The maintainer was
> > contacted regarding merging but failed to respond.
> > 
> > Patch vital to certain laptop users. Please apply.
> 
> But this breaks users who want BIOS usb support instead of native Linux
> support, right?  Sure, there are not many people who want that, but I do
> know people who rely on this (like installer kernels, and early boot
> issues with USB keyboards.)
 
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.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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