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> >  (If we only knew a way to detect ThinkPad 535, we could skip keyboard
> >  reset automatically, but...)
> 
> Why do we need to reset it in the first place ? 

Because at least some older ThinkPad's won't work unless we reset the
keyboard and then set them up to use the different scan-mode setup.
That, and I suspect some machines which have multiple OS's need to have
the hardware set to get rid of any funky re-mapping that may have been
done.



Nate