Re: WARNING: Device "kbd" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 13.0.

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:22:38 -0700
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 1:03 PM Hartmann, O. <o.hartmann_at_walstatt.org>
wrote:

> Running FreeBSD CURRENT on a USB only platform with a customised kernel, I
> see this
> message all the time I reboot or log console messages:
>
> [...]
> WARNING: Device "kbd" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD
> 13.0.
>
> Where does this message come from and what is causing the warning? I tried
> to identify
> and eliminate this message, but it seems to be stuck with the USB
> device/keyboard
> attached to the system.
>
> Any hint?
>

to eliminate the message, kbd needs to be rewritten to not use giant.

It will not be deleted before 13. I'll change the message to 14.

Warner
Received on Fri Jan 15 2021 - 23:22:51 UTC

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