From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 25 21:51:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DA416A42B for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cole@opteqint.net) Received: from elektra.opteqint.net (elektra.opteqint.net [209.25.178.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DEA143D83 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:51:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cole@opteqint.net) Received: from [196.47.3.44] (helo=deadmind) by elektra.opteqint.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.52 (FreeBSD)) id 1FYVUt-000IXs-Ru for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:55:05 -0700 From: "Cole" To: Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:53:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <20060425210626.GB24568@odin.ac.hmc.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcZorJf5A+uPnfLiTFK5pcv5rSrbRgABgL5w Message-Id: <20060425215144.2DEA143D83@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Keyboard Boot Disable X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: cole@opteqint.net List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:51:51 -0000 Hi. Thanks to both you and John Baldwin for the reply. This really does help. Thanks for all the effort. Regards /Cole -----Original Message----- From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:06 PM To: Cole Cc: 'Brooks Davis'; freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:22:01PM +0200, Cole wrote: > I realised I forgot the version after I mailed. Im speaking about > FreeBSD 4.11. Also by blowing the machine up, what exactly do you > mean? You end up blowing the motherboard? Or the keyboard? Or > specifically what? On 4.x you can remove the default flags from they atkbd entry and I think that will do it. See the atkbd(4) manpage for details. Hot plugging or unplugging they keyboard can damage the motherboard or keyboard. -- Brooks > > Regards > /Cole > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:13 PM > To: Cole > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:10:55PM +0200, Cole wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have a large amount of servers, and the problem is, that when I need > > to plug a keyboard into them, the keyboard is disabled since they > > werent booted with a keyboard. > > > > I was wondering if anyone has some idea of how to disable the keyboard > > probe at boot and make it so that the OS thinks that the keyboard is > > present even if its not plugged in, so that a keyboard can be plugged > > in at any stage, and will function normally. > > > > Im speaking specifically for ps2 keyboards. Is this even possible, or > > are there architecture problems or something else relating to this > > that would make this impossible? > > > > If this is possible, could someone please point me in the correct > > direction as to which code I would need to look at to make this > > possible? > > What version of FreeBSD are you running? This hasn't been the case by > default for ages. As a warning, PS2 keyboards are not electricaly > designed to be hotplug so you may blow your machine up by doing this > (says someone who does it all the time). > > -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4