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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 19/27] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt to reST
Date: Wed,  8 May 2019 23:21:33 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190508152141.8740-20-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190508152141.8740-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/x86/index.rst                   |  1 +
 ...acy-support.txt => usb-legacy-support.rst} | 40 +++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/x86/{usb-legacy-support.txt => usb-legacy-support.rst} (53%)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
index 453557097743..3eb0334ae2d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ x86-specific Documentation
    pti
    microcode
    resctrl_ui
+   usb-legacy-support
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt b/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
similarity index 53%
rename from Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
index 1894cdfc69d9..e01c08b7c981 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================
 USB Legacy support
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+==================
 
-Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004
+:Author: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004
 
 
 Also known as "USB Keyboard" or "USB Mouse support" in the BIOS Setup is a
@@ -27,18 +31,20 @@ It has several drawbacks, though:
 
 Solutions:
 
-Problem 1) can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the
-PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into
-the kernel unconditionally, this means the USB drivers need to be
-compiled-in, too.
-
-Problem 2) can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G
-in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update
-could help, but so far no such update exists.
-
-Problem 3) is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
-manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
-Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
-idle=poll on the kernel command line. The BIOS may be entering the SMM
-on the HLT instruction as well.
-
+Problem 1)
+  can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the
+  PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into
+  the kernel unconditionally, this means the USB drivers need to be
+  compiled-in, too.
+
+Problem 2)
+  can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G
+  in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update
+  could help, but so far no such update exists.
+
+Problem 3)
+  is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
+  manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
+  Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
+  idle=poll on the kernel command line. The BIOS may be entering the SMM
+  on the HLT instruction as well.
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-08 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-08 15:21 [PATCH v4 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 01/27] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 02/27] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 03/27] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 04/27] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 05/27] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 07/27] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 08/27] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 09/27] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 10/27] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 11/27] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 12/27] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 13/27] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 14/27] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 15/27] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 16/27] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 17/27] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 18/27] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 20/27] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 21/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 23/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 24/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 25/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 26/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 27/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 20:40 ` [PATCH v4 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Jonathan Corbet

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