Merge branch 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (821 commits)
  x86: make 64bit hpet_set_mapping to use ioremap too, v2
  x86: get x86_phys_bits early
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix #4
  x86: change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr
  x86: I/O APIC: remove an IRQ2-mask hack
  x86: fix numaq_tsc_disable calling
  x86, e820: remove end_user_pfn
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #3
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #2
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #1
  x86_64: fix delayed signals
  x86: remove conflicting nx6325 and nx6125 quirks
  x86: Recover timer_ack lost in the merge of the NMI watchdog
  x86: I/O APIC: Never configure IRQ2
  x86: L-APIC: Always fully configure IRQ0
  x86: L-APIC: Set IRQ0 as edge-triggered
  x86: merge dwarf2 headers
  x86: use AS_CFI instead of UNWIND_INFO
  x86: use ignore macro instead of hash comment
  x86: use matching CFI_ENDPROC
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+USB Legacy support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, January 2004
+
+
+Also known as "USB Keyboard" or "USB Mouse support" in the BIOS Setup is a
+feature that allows one to use the USB mouse and keyboard as if they were
+their classic PS/2 counterparts.  This means one can use an USB keyboard to
+type in LILO for example.
+
+It has several drawbacks, though:
+
+1) On some machines, the emulated PS/2 mouse takes over even when no USB
+   mouse is present and a real PS/2 mouse is present.  In that case the extra
+   features (wheel, extra buttons, touchpad mode) of the real PS/2 mouse may
+   not be available.
+
+2) If CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is enabled, the PS/2 mouse emulation can cause
+   system crashes, because the SMM BIOS is not expecting to be in PAE mode.
+   The Intel E7505 is a typical machine where this happens.
+
+3) If AMD64 64-bit mode is enabled, again system crashes often happen,
+   because the SMM BIOS isn't expecting the CPU to be in 64-bit mode.  The
+   BIOS manufacturers only test with Windows, and Windows doesn't do 64-bit
+   yet.
+
+Solutions:
+
+Problem 1) can be solved by loading the USB drivers prior to loading the
+PS/2 mouse driver. Since the PS/2 mouse driver is in 2.6 compiled into
+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
+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.
+