On Thursday 04 August 2005 22:54, Andrew Morton wrote: > Dmitry Torokhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? >
It requests BIOS to hand off control of USB which disables USB legacy emulation and all troubles associated with it. We could start with -mm... -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/