[Trac #628] i8042 oopses upon unload

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#628: i8042 oopses upon unload
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 Reporter:  dilinger  |        Owner:  marcelo
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal    |    Milestone:  BTest-2
Component:  kernel    |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:            |  
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Comment (by warp):

 This is not a preempt bug.

 AKPM has a workaround patch I wrote a little while back, but the problem
 is that the input layer lacks locking.

 The patch is available at the following URL, note AKPM's comments on it.

 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19/2.6.19-mm1
 /dont-use/broken-out/crash-on-evdev-disconnect.patch

 As noted, this does not really fix the real problem, but it lets us reload
 i8042 while X is running, so we should consider using it for now.

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