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

From: David O'Brien <obrien_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:53 -0700
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 01:08:25PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 03:50:34PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> >
> >>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?
> >>
> >>Yours is definitely the exception case.  Does setting the keyboard probe 
> >>hint hack make a difference?
> >
> >I reproduced it on two different machines, one with Pheonix BIOS, on with
> >AMIBIOS, and two different keyboards.  So I don't think it is specific to
> >my environment.  Have you been at the "mountroot>" prompt lately and had
> >a PS/2 keyboard to work?
> 
> Did you try the setting I suggested, or the patch that John refered to?

Not yet.  The testing I mention above was done before submitting the
problem to freebsd-current.   I wanted to make sure it was nothing very
specific to my environment (or fat fingers).

-- 
-- 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?
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