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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 05:53:54 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: kbd not functioning in 2.5.25-dj2
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> The problem is that 0xff takes too long to finish to be done while Linux
> is booting, and it has already been done by the BIOS.

 Certainly, you don't have to poll, do you?  Just send the command and let
the kernel proceed.  Resume initialization in the IRQ handler, when a
response arrives (or never).

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