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Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt to reST 

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Changbin Du 2019-05-08 23:21:33 +08:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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pti pti
microcode microcode
resctrl_ui resctrl_ui
usb-legacy-support

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USB Legacy support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
==================
USB Legacy support
==================
:Author: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004
Also known as "USB Keyboard" or "USB Mouse support" in the BIOS Setup is a Also known as "USB Keyboard" or "USB Mouse support" in the BIOS Setup is a
@ -27,18 +31,20 @@ It has several drawbacks, though:
Solutions: Solutions:
Problem 1) can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the Problem 1)
PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the
the kernel unconditionally, this means the USB drivers need to be PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into
compiled-in, too. the kernel unconditionally, this means the USB drivers need to be
compiled-in, too.
Problem 2) can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G Problem 2)
in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G
could help, but so far no such update exists. in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update
could help, but so far no such update exists.
Problem 3) is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
idle=poll on the kernel command line. The BIOS may be entering the SMM
on the HLT instruction as well.
Problem 3)
is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
idle=poll on the kernel command line. The BIOS may be entering the SMM
on the HLT instruction as well.