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

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Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 18:03:00 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6

On May 27, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org 
 > wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 27 May 2010, Robert Hancock wrote:
>>
>> It's highly unlikely that they are incomplete in this respect, as
>> since I mentioned, Windows would fail to recognize the PS/2  
>> controller
>> that people would expect to work, which would most likely get
>> noticed..
>
> Did you miss the part where I actually quoted my own modern Core i5
> machine that _does_ have a keyboard controller, and _does_ have a  
> keyboard
> port, and that does _not_ mention them in the PnP tables?

Except that it _does_. But _our_ ACPI implementation drops all  
inactive devices so our PNP layer does not see your mouse and keyboard  
ports.


>
>> I think this is a case where it has to be trusted, because that's  
>> what
>> Windows does.
>
> The thing is, Windows isn't used for things like headless machines.  
> Which
> we went over extensively in the thread. There's a _reason_ why Linux
> probes the dang thing.


-- 
Dmitry


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