linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] input: Default to only using PNP for i8042 probing on x86

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Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 09:19:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] input: Default to only using PNP for i8042 probing
 on x86


Ok, there's no way I'd merge this for 2.6.34 any more, but one comment:

On Fri, 14 May 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>
> Experimenting with Windows has revealed that it will not probe the
> keyboard controller unless a valid PNPACPI device is present. Change our
> behaviour to match, and add a new i8042.forcedprobe parameter to allow
> people to override it.

If you do this, then please remove the nasty __ia64__ #ifdef while at it.

		Linus
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