From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262843AbVHED4U (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:56:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262845AbVHED4T (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:56:19 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:46730 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262843AbVHED4S (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:56:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:54:41 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, frank.peters@comcast.net, vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: isa0060/serio0 problems -WAS- Re: Asus MB and 2.6.12 Problems Message-Id: <20050804205441.0a90f637.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200508042220.27480.dtor_core@ameritech.net> References: <20050624113404.198d254c.frank.peters@comcast.net> <20050804162812.29a3f2b2.akpm@osdl.org> <20050804230947.36c24139.frank.peters@comcast.net> <200508042220.27480.dtor_core@ameritech.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Thursday 04 August 2005 22:09, Frank Peters wrote: > > I'll use bugzilla to report any problems with 2.6.13-rc6. > > > > But since I've included the "usb-handoff" option at boot time, > > all my problems (except the long dhcp/eth0 connect time) are > > now gone. Right now I'm using 2.6.13-rc5. > > > > I understand the need to pinpoint the kernel version, but the > > "usb-handoff" option has even corrected some problems that > > started in linux-2.4.x. For example, my PS/2 mouse now functions > > normally. It has not worked with this motherboard since some time > > in the 2.4.x series. Also, my keyboard lights were malfunctioning > > under X-Window since early 2.6.x, but with the "usb-handoff" option > > they are working normally now. > > > > If I had known about the "usb-handoff" option earlier, this thread > > probalby would not even have come into existence. As long as "usb-handoff" > > keeps working, I would consider the issue closed. > > > > We really really need to make usb-handoff default. Even if there known boxes > that don't like it the blacklist would be rather short, much shorter than > a whitelist. Sounds like a fun thing for post-2.6.13. What does usb-handoff do, precisely?