Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:04:07 -0500 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: usb: replace __setup("nousb") with __module_param_call |
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On 1/3/06, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On 1/3/06, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> 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.
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