Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:07:59 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com>, Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>, rcarter@pinyon.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 20000125-CURRENT Message-ID: <200001280007.RAA49979@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:14:48 PST." <200001280014.QAA03163@mass.cdrom.com> References: <200001280014.QAA03163@mass.cdrom.com>
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In message <200001280014.QAA03163@mass.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: : > In message <200001272329.PAA02514@mass.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: : > : It doesn't do anything to the keyboard, it just calls the BIOS to find : > : out whether keys have been pressed. : > : > I've been seeing the hit <CR> twice fast problem for months. : : It's always been a problem; we don't understand the mechanics of it : however. Susceptibility varies widely between systems, and the best : hypothesis I've been able to come up with is that there are issues with : taking interrupts in vm86 mode; possibly the BIOS is being re-entered in : a fashion it doesn't like. Just wanted to make sure you acknowledged the problem. It sounded like you were saying that it wasn't a problem at all rather than the theory put forward wasn't likely the problem. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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