linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] More i8042-reset quirks for MSI Wind-clone netbooks

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Message-ID: <20090617025101.GA27595@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:51:01 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"greg@...ah.com" <greg@...ah.com>, yanli@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] More i8042-reset quirks for MSI Wind-clone netbooks

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 09:01:40AM +0800, Li, Yan I wrote:

> This seems a change too aggressive for me. Do we have a good reason
> for taking this risk? 

It's generally much easier to find regressions (people complain) than it 
is to find things that have never worked (people just assume Linux is 
broken).

> Of course if we found the "actual problem" we'd conjure up a better 
> fix. But before that, I'd prefer the conservative way.

Does stock Windows work on the machine? I think this really ought to be 
a pretty obvious minimal test before adding quirks to the kernel.

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