Re: PS/2 keyboard support in mid-boot borked

From: David O'Brien <obrien_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:38:07 -0700
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:25:00AM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 08:27:17PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> >>On Monday 10 July 2006 17:28, David O'Brien wrote:
> >>>For months now PS/2 keyboard support has been broken during boot with the
> >>>GENERIC kernel.
> >>>
> >>>If one has an error in /etc/fstab such that / cannot be mounted, the
> >>>kernel prompts with 
> >>>
> >>>    Manual root filesystems specification:
> >>>        [examples listed]
> >>>    mountroot>
> >>>
> >>>However one cannot respond to the prompt as keyboard input is ignored.
> >>>This seems to be a casualty of kbdmux(4) support being committed back in
> >>>February.  Is anyone working on fixing this?
> >>This is a FAQ currently I think.  There are some patches floating around 
> >>if
> >>you search the archives.
> >
> >I hope this will be something more than a FAQ with some patches floating
> >around for 7.0-RELEASE.
> 
> if you use usb keyboard (or ps2 to usb converter with ps2 keyboard), 
> does it work?

Don't know.  Don't care.  All daily used keyboards are real life PS/2
keyboards.  However, if you'll commit to commiting a fix for the bug in
7-CURRENT, I'll test any combination you want.

-- 
-- David  (obrien_at_FreeBSD.org)
Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?
Received on Tue Jul 11 2006 - 16:38:09 UTC

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