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From: Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
	<speakup@linux-speakup.org>
Subject: Re: USB synths
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:19:34 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lh5nzhhl.fsf@mushroom.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56E452FC.30908@math.wisc.edu> (John G. Heim's message of "Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:33:48 -0600")

"John G. Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu> writes:

> Do you know if the kernel uses a different system to interact with USB
> devices during boot? For example, during boot, the system knows that
> you have a USB keyboard.

I don't know for sure, but I don't think there's any special method
for interacting with USB devices at boot time.  A good deal of code
needs to be loaded and running before Linux can communicate with USB
devices.

-- Chris

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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Help with serial synths in 4.X kernels Tony Baechler
 ` John G Heim
   ` Al Sten-Clanton
   ` Tony Baechler
     ` covici
     ` John G Heim
       ` covici
       ` Karen Lewellen
         ` John G Heim
           ` covici
             ` John G Heim
               ` covici
           ` Karen Lewellen
             ` John G Heim
               ` Karen Lewellen
                 ` John G Heim
                 ` responsibility for speakup, was: " Gregory Nowak
                   ` Scott Henning
                   ` Al Sten-Clanton
                   ` John G Heim
       ` Jude DaShiell
         ` John G Heim
 ` covici
   ` Tony Baechler
     ` covici
   ` Samuel Thibault
     ` covici
       ` Samuel Thibault
         ` John G Heim
           ` Samuel Thibault
             ` John G Heim
               ` Samuel Thibault
     [not found]                 ` <56E2D7CB.4030005@math.wisc.edu>
     [not found]                   ` <20160311162115.GU10620@var.bordeaux.inria.fr>
                     ` USB synths (was: serial synths in 4.X kernels) John G Heim
                       ` Samuel Thibault
                         ` USB synths John G Heim
                           ` Chris Brannon
                             ` John G. Heim
                               ` Chris Brannon [this message]
     ` Help with serial synths in 4.X kernels covici
       ` Samuel Thibault

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