Which suggests it is kernel, possibly ACPI table, related.
We've done a lot of testing with various i8042.XXXX options including adding debug output. Logs will follow. Those show 0x4e is being send by a keyboard interrupt several times a second once the i8042 has been initialised.
I've done some extensive debugging with the reporter on this.
It's important to note two things:
1. BIOS Setup isn't affected
2. GRUB shell isn't affected
Which suggests it is kernel, possibly ACPI table, related.
We've done a lot of testing with various i8042.XXXX options including adding debug output. Logs will follow. Those show 0x4e is being send by a keyboard interrupt several times a second once the i8042 has been initialised.