On 1/3/06, Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On 1/3/06, Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > usb-handoff no longer exists. The kernel now takes USB host controllers > > > away from the BIOS as soon as they are discovered. > > > > > > > Yes! YES! YEEEEES! > > > > *Dmitry dances and rejoices* > > It may not be totally advantageous. Sometimes people have trouble with > system installs, when for some reason the USB HID driver doesn't work. > If you've got a USB keyboard now you're pretty well stuck, whereas in the > past you could specify "nousb" and the BIOS would continue to drive the > keyboard. >
Ok, I'd settle with having "usb-handoff" option that defaults to 1. I think if you look at number of problem reports that go away with "usb-handoff" it is sensible default. -- Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
