linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Pegasos keyboard detection

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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:45:52 +0200
From:	Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Alan Curry <pacman@...World.com>
Cc:	matt@...esi-usa.com (Matt Sealey), linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Pegasos keyboard detection

>> You don't need to patch Linux at all. In fact for silly things like 
>> this
>> I would recommend against it :)
>
> If the workaround doesn't go into the kernel, everybody with affected
> hardware has to individually find out about the bug (probably by 
> experiencing
> an annoying keyboardless boot) and fix it himself.

That's one of the reasons why this should go into a bootwrapper.


Segher

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