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

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Message-ID: <20100414133801.GA11142@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:38:01 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	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, Apr 14, 2010 at 02:35:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> I think in this case you are in cloud cuckoo land. Windows doesn't
> autoprobe all these mouse types, and some years of careful
> experimentation seems to indicate the best you can do is select which
> devices break without blacklists.

Blacklists which have to vary based on BIOS version? It's pretty obvious 
that this doesn't scale.

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