Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268295AbUIPQFl (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:05:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268247AbUIPQE0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:04:26 -0400 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:12678 "EHLO shadow.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268176AbUIPP5u (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:57:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:58:01 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: input: Disable the AUX LoopBack command in i8042.c on Compaq ProLiant Message-ID: <20040916155801.GA5345@ucw.cz> References: <200409161509.i8GF90iJ021552@hera.kernel.org> <1095349977.2698.17.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1095349977.2698.17.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1332 Lines: 34 On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 05:52:57PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 13:44, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > > ChangeSet 1.1722.87.1, 2004/06/02 13:44:20+02:00, vojtech@suse.cz > > > > input: Disable the AUX LoopBack command in i8042.c on Compaq ProLiant > > 8-way Xeon ProFusion systems, as it causes crashes and reboots > > on these machines. DMI data is used for determining if the > > workaround should be enabled. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vojtech Pavlik > > > > is there any reason you do this in dmi_scan.c and not via the "new" > since some time method where the user gives the dmi code a table with > callbacks instead ???? There is no such reason other than on 06/02 there wasn't the "new" method yet, as far as I know. In the same set of patches: ChangeSet@1.1757.59.2, 2004-06-29 11:59:04+02:00, vojtech@suse.cz input: Move Compaq ProLiant DMI handling (ServerWorks/OSB workaround) to i8042.c. Signed-off-by: Vojtech Pavlik -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/