From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 16:16:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DE416A41F for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:16:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FD4843D1D for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:16:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF97E8A0052 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:16:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 74231-01-36 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:16:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s9.sbo (s9.sbo [192.168.0.9]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4611C8A007B for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:16:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:16:26 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200506271338.53836.B.Candler@pobox.com> <001c01c57b17$03933350$0702a8c0@vstinm12> In-Reply-To: <001c01c57b17$03933350$0702a8c0@vstinm12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506270916.28125.fcash@ocis.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Subject: Re: atkbd: changing flags at boot time X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:16:42 -0000 On June 27, 2005 05:52 am, Joao Paulo Marques Mattos wrote: > Brian Candler wrote: > > [This is with FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE] > set in /boot/device.hints > hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x0" =46reeBSD 4.x supports device.hints? I thought that was a 5.x feature. > > So I tried putting > > hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x00" > > in /boot/loader.conf, but that didn't make any difference. Change the flags parameter in the kernel config file, and recompile the=20 kernel. > > Does this mean that it's impossible to clear this flag without > > recompiling the kernel? If so, is there a reason for this? =46rom what I know of 4.x, the only way to change device flags is to=20 recompile the kernel. 5.x has the handy device.hints file and you can set= =20 hints via /boot/loader.conf (preferred as device.hints is overwritten=20 during installworld). =2D-=20 =46reddie Cash fcash@ocis.net