Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:50:42 -0500 From: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: brent@kearneys.ca, questions@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, jfn@enteract.com Subject: Re: AMD Athlon and booting Message-ID: <200003170050.TAA34090@spoon.beta.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:50:24 PST." <200003170050.QAA00506@mass.cdrom.com>
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Personally, I'm keen with the fact that the problem is known, its understood there isn't an easy fix, and I have a work around. -Brian > > This has nothing to do with Athlon processors and everything to do with > buggy BIOS code that doesn't set the "extended keyboard present" bit. > Feel free to check the (very simple) code in boot2 that performs keyboard > detection, and if you've got any better ideas on how to make this work > properly, we're all ears. 8) > > > Hey, guys. I went a slightly different route than playing with the numlock key > > to get FreeBSD running. The problem seems to really be the -P (probe the > > keyboard) boot option, and it setting -D and -h when it doesn't find it. M y > > "workaround" was to make boot floppies, and edit boot.conf to remove the - P > > (or delete the file if there are no other options). > > > > Once done, it just happily boots up and installs. Looks like keyboard prob ing > > may need some work for Athlon processors, so i'm cc'ing this to the hacker s > > list, so hopefully, some console guru can take a look at it. > > > > Also, if no one has done it so far, let me know, and I'll submit a pr. > > > > -Brian > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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