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authorTakashi Iwai2021-11-28 23:21:41 -0800
committerDmitry Torokhov2021-11-28 23:59:33 -0800
commit9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42 (patch)
tree9a453a327b1accee10cceb0ddd52b4dfef40b974 /Documentation
parentefe6f16c6faf724882ddaba2eda8830a87bcc2b2 (diff)
Input: i8042 - add deferred probe support
We've got a bug report about the non-working keyboard on ASUS ZenBook UX425UA. It seems that the PS/2 device isn't ready immediately at boot but takes some seconds to get ready. Until now, the only workaround is to defer the probe, but it's available only when the driver is a module. However, many distros, including openSUSE as in the original report, build the PS/2 input drivers into kernel, hence it won't work easily. This patch adds the support for the deferred probe for i8042 stuff as a workaround of the problem above. When the deferred probe mode is enabled and the device couldn't be probed, it'll be repeated with the standard deferred probe mechanism. The deferred probe mode is enabled either via the new option i8042.probe_defer or via the quirk table entry. As of this patch, the quirk table contains only ASUS ZenBook UX425UA. The deferred probe part is based on Fabio's initial work. BugLink: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190256 Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Tested-by: Samuel Čavoj <samuel@cavoj.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211117063757.11380-1-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb89dbdedc46..ddfa50578a3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1627,6 +1627,8 @@
architectures force reset to be always executed
i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
+ i8042.probe_defer
+ [HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
i810= [HW,DRM]