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

[tomas szepe <kala@pinerecords.com>]

> 2. When ACPI support is installed the kernel gives a "Keyboard not found"
> error when booting and I have to push the reset switch to reboot. This
> problem has also been mentioned before but I don't think anyone has related
> it to the ACPI support.

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.

Cheers,
Tomas Szepe

<.config> # -- the affected .config excerpt --
	CONFIG_ACPI=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
	# CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set
	# CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set
	CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
	# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
</.config>

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