On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:54:17 -0400, "Dmitry Torokhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On a certain keyboard, when BIOS sets NumLock LED on, it survives the > > takeover > > by Linux and thus confuses users. > > > > Eating of an increasibly scarce quirk bit is unfortunate. We do it for > > safety, > > given the history of nervous input devices which crash if anything unusual > > happens. > You know, I would not call turning leds on an off an unusual operation > for a keyboard. Right, but monkeying with them immediately upon initialization may be "unusual", meaning "device was tested with one version of Windows and shipped, everything else is unusual". -- Pete - 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/
