Re: weird keyboard with 2.5.70

xombi@accessus.net
Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:08:09 -0500 (CDT)

On 31 May 2003, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sad, 2003-05-31 at 17:44, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
> > Errr, guys - you do know that PS2 is NOT hotplug and you
> > may well end up hosing your mainboard ?
>
> For any vaguely modern machine you'll find thats not the case. If
> I remember rightly the requirement for PS/2 to be hotplug safe was
> added into the PC specs the vendors use about 1998

I have a Abit-KT7 (Socket A, wo/RAID) motherboard that dies if you unplug
the keyboard, but not the mouse. IIRC that's a mid-to late 2000
motherboard.

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