RE: ACPI in 2.5 kills kbd on Via-ACPI systems [Re: kernel 2.5.10

[Grover, Andrew]

> From: tomas szepe [mailto:[e-mail]] 
> You're right! I tried to point out before that my system had 
> ignored the
> keyboard since about the time of 2.5.7/2.5.8, but it didn't 
> occur to me that
> the problem could be ACPI related. Indeed, after compiling 
> 2.5.10-dj1 (2.5.10
> vanilla barfs an oops at me upon boot) w/ ACPI support turned 
> off, I found
> the system perfectly responsive again -- both mouse and keyboard work.
> 
> Thus I dare assume it's highly probable that input support 
> has been broken
> for VIA chipset-based systems by the recent ACPI changes in 2.5.x.

Yes, this is an ACPI problem. You might try the latest patch at
sf.net/projects/acpi (although it doesn't work in IOAPIC mode yet) and see
if that helps. Once we get it working better it'll get submitted.

Regards -- Andy