linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] Input: serio: make HYPERV_KEYBOARD depend on SERIO

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Message-ID: <EE124450C0AAF944A40DD71E61F878C9925D3D@SINEX14MBXC417.southpacific.corp.microsoft.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 05:27:36 +0000
From:	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org" 
	<driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Input: serio: make HYPERV_KEYBOARD depend on
 SERIO_I8042=y

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KY Srinivasan
> > The Arch users can simply select to build i8042 into the kernel as a
> > workaround.
> >
> > The proper solution is to allow loading libps2 module even if i8042 did not
> find
> > its device. I wish I could simply drop this i8042_lock_chip and stuff, but
> > unfortunately i8042 ports are not truly independent. We need to figure a
> > way for libps2 to engage locking in i8042 if the driver is loaded, otherwise
> just
> > ignore it.
> 
> When I first wrote this driver, we took the decision not to replicate all the
> code in the at keyboard driver and to
> make this  a serio based driver. I like the proposal made by Dmitry here.
> 
> K. Y

Thanks for explaining the background, KY!
I like Dmitry's proposal too.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan
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