laptop keyboards and trackpads

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johnsa
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laptop keyboards and trackpads

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Hey all,

Quick question around laptops (specifically any new ones IE: later than 2006/7).
Are all laptop keyboards / trackpads and joystick-mice connected via an internal PS/2 or are they hard-wired to a USB controller and subject to USB->PS2 legacy emulation during boot stages?
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This would be a hard question to answer, surely different vendors handle it in different ways.. on a multitude of unique models.
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Indeed, both of mine seem to hook up with PS/2 like controller, but my uncles uses more of a USB kind.
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