APPLIED[K/U]: [SRU][F/J/K/U][PATCH 0/2] input/keyboard: the keyboard on some Asus laptops can't work

[Andrea Righi]

On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 11:45:40AM +0800, Hui Wang wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1992266
> 
> The bug originates from an upstream bug, and the ubuntu users request
> me to do a SRU to make the ubuntu linux work on their Asus laptops, so
> once the pathces are merge to mainline kernel, I start to prepare this
> SRU.
> 
> [Impact]
> Some Asus laptops config the IRQ of keyboard in the BIOS, but kernel
> will override to a new configuration for that IRQ, this will make the
> keyboard not work anymore under linux.
> 
> [Fix]
> Backport 2 patches from mainlie kernel to fix this problem.
> 
> [Test]
> boot the patched kernel on the machine, test the keyboard, all
> regular keys could work.
> 
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> The patches use the dmi table to match the machines, so only the
> matched Asus laptops will be impacted by the patches, if there is
> any regression, the regression only affects those matched Asus
> laptops, and the regression possibility is very low since ubuntu
> users already tested the patches on their own Asus laptops.

Applied to kinetic/linux and kinetic/linux-unstable.

Thanks,
-Andrea