linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6

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Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 21:15:32 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 08:50:31AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> Indeed most of them do just work. My Dell T110 for example boots just
> fine and it only has USB, no PS/2 ports. However there is a rather
> important difference I think - these other boxes are supposed to work
> with multiple versions of Windows which, as far as I know, do probe for
> the i8042. Apple only supports bootcamp on certain BIOSes and does not
> really expect anything to touch these ports.

If you're not using bootcamp then you're booting via EFI, and in that 
case I think it's probably reasonable to require that the keyboard be 
provided via PNP or flagged in the XDST.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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