On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:54:51PM -0800, David Mosberger wrote:

> >>>>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:41:04 +0100, Vojtech Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 
>   Vojtech> It's supposed to do that only in case it's planning to use
>   Vojtech> the limited HID-BP protocol.
> 
> I was concerned that the firmware for our Itanium-based machines may
> be turning on the HID-BP protocol.  If so, wouldn't/shouldn't HID
> force it back to the normal "report protocol"?
 
Maybe yes, but there are devices which crash if you try to do that. :(

Fortunately, for most mice and keyboards the protocols are identical.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR


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