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Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:54:38 -0800
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, pjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable i8042 checks on Intel Apple Macs

On 01/20/10 11:37, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 11:14 -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> On 01/20/10 10:23, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>>> As those computers never had any i8042 controllers, and the
>>> current lookup code could potentially lock up/hang/wait for
>>> timeout for long periods of time.
>>>
>>> Fixes intermittent hangs on boot on a MacbookAir1,1
> <snip>
>> glad you submitted this. i.g. been looking at some dmi
>> blacklist thing over here(been racking my brain around
>> a bit, and seeing your idea simplified it a bit more for me).
>
> Yeah, dmi_check_system() returns the number of matches. I had to look up
> the code to see what it did :)
>
>> as for what you have here, do you think individually
>> defining each machine is safer, or does it not matter?
>
> For this particular case, it's not necessary, as none of the Apple
> machines ever had any i8042 hardware. Or at least that's what Peter
> Jones told me, and I have no reasons to doubt him.
>
> Cheers
>
>
ahh.. because of the no i8042..

Justin P. Mattock
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