[ale] Linux Server distros

[Jason Day]

On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 03:16:36PM -0400, Richard Kolkovich wrote:
> Hotplug and USB definitely should not be there, IMHO.  Someone else in
> this thread mentioned USB KVMs.  I have not seen too many of those,
> though my newest Dell servers did ship with USB KBs and mice.  I still
> think that it should be kept to PS/2 to be able to completely exclude
> the USB subsystem from your kernel.

Many UPSes require USB ports to receive signals from the UPS.  Given
that most people want to plug a server into a UPS, and want the server
to automatically shut down during an extended power outage, including
USB support probably isn't such a bad idea.

Jason
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