On Thu, 27 May 2010, Robert Hancock wrote:
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> 
> It's highly unlikely that they are incomplete in this respect, as
> since I mentioned, Windows would fail to recognize the PS/2 controller
> that people would expect to work, which would most likely get
> noticed..

Did you miss the part where I actually quoted my own modern Core i5 
machine that _does_ have a keyboard controller, and _does_ have a keyboard 
port, and that does _not_ mention them in the PnP tables?

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> I think this is a case where it has to be trusted, because that's what
> Windows does.

The thing is, Windows isn't used for things like headless machines. Which 
we went over extensively in the thread. There's a _reason_ why Linux 
probes the dang thing.

			Linus
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