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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:06:59 -0400
From:      Tom Limoncelli <tal@lumeta.com>
To:        Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org>
Cc:        Eric Olsen <ericg@chartertn.net>, Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?
Message-ID:  <3D342883.5090600@lumeta.com>
References:  <200207152335.g6FNZwj83570@kpt-c-24-159-35-85.chartertn.net> <20020716100741.A39217@ei.bzerk.org>

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Ruben de Groot wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:33:31PM -0400, Eric Olsen typed:
> [...]
> 
>>I have not had any problems switching between machines, EXCEPT that 
>>when a machine is booting up, the KVM must be set to that machine in 
>>order for recognition of the mouse and kbd to work properly.  I find 
>>this to be true for Win, FBSD, and Linux.  Once the machine has booted, 
>>I can switch away and back with no problems.  I believe I was running 
>>FBSD 4.3 when I first installed the KVM.
> 
> 
> This is a kernel configuration issue. Edit the line
> 
> device          atkbd0  at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1
> 
> in your kernel configuration file, removing the "flags 0x1" part. Recompile 
> your kernel and reboot. The machine will now recognize your keyboard even 
> when it was switched away at boot time. 

Why isn't this the default for GENERIC kernels?

And dare I ask... why is there even a flag for this situation?

--tal


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