Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261594AbVA2XVU (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:21:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261595AbVA2XVU (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:21:20 -0500 Received: from smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.168.186]:30340 "HELO smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261594AbVA2XVR (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:21:17 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Jaco Kroon Subject: Re: i8042 access timings Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:21:14 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , Andries Brouwer , Linus Torvalds , sebekpi@poczta.onet.pl, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200501260040.46288.sebekpi@poczta.onet.pl> <20050128183955.GA2640@ucw.cz> <41FBEB19.2040105@kroon.co.za> In-Reply-To: <41FBEB19.2040105@kroon.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501291821.15762.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 812 Lines: 19 On Saturday 29 January 2005 14:59, Jaco Kroon wrote: > > Compiling USB 1.1 support does the very same thing as specifying > > usb-handoff on the command like - tells the BIOS to keep its hands off > > the USB _and_ PS/2 controllers. > > I'm missing something, I have USB1.1 compiled in, then why does the > touchpad not work if it does the very same thing as usb-handoff? USB initializes very late, after i8042 and psmouse has already run their probes. So unless there is "usb-handoff" psmouse talks to a fake BIOS-emulated mouse, not a real touchpad. -- Dmitry - 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/