linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: add HP Compaq 2710p to 'noloop' table

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1004141437340.8345@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:41:11 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: add HP Compaq 2710p to 'noloop' table

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 02:16:25PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > +		.matches = {
> > +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
> > +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq 2710p (#ABD)"),
> > +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "F.14"),
> 
> Is this really the only BIOS version affected? It seems unlikely. 

I don't know, it's the only one I have received the report against (I 
don't own the machine myself).

> It's also a pretty good indication that we're doing something wrong.

What do you mean exactly?

Sending AUX_LOOP is valid thing to do with i8042 controller. If it causes 
such confusion that the controller doesn't function properly any more, 
it's clearly broken.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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