> -Original Message-
> From: Dmitry Torokhov
> > How about this:
> > in libps2.c let's add and export a function pointer
> > i8042_lock_chip_if_port_owner: it is used to replace the current
> > if (i8042_check_port_owner(ps2dev->serio))
> > i8042_lock_chip();
> > The functi
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 05:24:35AM +, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Dmitry Torokhov
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 1:55 AM
> > > > > To decouple the dependency between the hyperv-keyboard and i8042
> > > > > modules, I suppose we probably have to re-implement
> -Original Message-
> From: KY Srinivasan
> > The Arch users can simply select to build i8042 into the kernel as a
> > workaround.
> >
> > The proper solution is to allow loading libps2 module even if i8042 did not
> find
> > its device. I wish I could simply drop this i8042_lock_chip and
> -Original Message-
> From: Dmitry Torokhov
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 1:55 AM
> > > > To decouple the dependency between the hyperv-keyboard and i8042
> > > > modules, I suppose we probably have to re-implement hyperv-
> keyboard by
> > > > using input_allocate_device(), input_reg
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> a...@canonical.com; jasow...@redhat.com; KY Srinivasan; Haiyang Zhang
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: serio: make HYPERV_KEYBOARD depend on
> SERIO_I8042=y
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:15:25AM +, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > -Original Message-
> > > Fro
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:15:25AM +, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: linux-kernel-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> > ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Greg KH
> > > > What exactly needs to be done to fix this "correctly" that is going to
> > > > take t
> -Original Message-
> From: linux-kernel-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Greg KH
> > > What exactly needs to be done to fix this "correctly" that is going to
> > > take too much work at the moment?
> >
> > To decouple the dependency between
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 05:51:28AM +, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org]
> > > Decoupling the dependency between hyperv_keyboard and i8042 needs
> > > non-trivial efforts and is hence a long term goal.
> > >
> > > For now, let'
> -Original Message-
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org]
> > Decoupling the dependency between hyperv_keyboard and i8042 needs
> > non-trivial efforts and is hence a long term goal.
> >
> > For now, let's make the dependency explicit so people can beware of this.
>
> You did
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 08:30:40PM -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> hyperv_keyboard invokes serio_interrupt(), which needs a valid serio driver
> like atkbd.c.
> atkbd.c depends on libps2.c because it invokes ps2_command().
> libps2.c depends on i8042.c because it invokes i8042_check_port_owner().
> As a
hyperv_keyboard invokes serio_interrupt(), which needs a valid serio driver
like atkbd.c.
atkbd.c depends on libps2.c because it invokes ps2_command().
libps2.c depends on i8042.c because it invokes i8042_check_port_owner().
As a result, hyperv_keyboard actually depends on i8042.c.
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