linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] blink: Only blink when parameter is set

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Message-ID: <20070622085837.GA6924@ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:58:38 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blink: Only blink when parameter is set

Hi!

> > In fact it looks quite weird that one blink per 5 seconds can break the 
> > keyboard, in fact.
> 
> Not wierd at all. The driver uses panic_blink - something that we expect
> to work after panic. It rapidly polls KBC status register to detect when

Aha. Can we get rid of that driver? It is so broken it is not funny.

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