From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 00:30:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB921065675 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2C8F8FC1C for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o2A0U6ZK038407 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o2A0U6cW038402; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:06 GMT Message-Id: <201003100030.o2A0U6cW038402@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Fbsd1 Cc: Subject: Re: usb/144280: boot0cfg not USB aware X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Fbsd1 List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:06 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/144280; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Fbsd1 To: Andriy Gapon Cc: Mark Linimon , Hans Petter Selasky , freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: usb/144280: boot0cfg not USB aware Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:25:32 +0800 Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 07/03/2010 07:08 Fbsd1 said the following: >> Hans Petter Selasky wrote: >>> On Thursday 25 February 2010 09:29:14 Joe Barbish wrote: >>>>> Description: >>>> Have boot0cfg installed on PC motherboard cabled hard drive and when >>>> I plug >>>> in an USB cabled external hard drive or USB flash drive, (both >>>> containing >>>> a installed full FreeBSD version) and boot the PC, the f5 key for >>>> going to >>>> the second hard drive is non-functional. Looks like boot0cfg is not USB >>>> aware. >>>> >>> This is not an USB issue, but rather BIOS / boot-code related. Please >>> change responsible. >>> >>> --HPS >>> >>> >> You have a very limited view point of what is USB problem. I don't see >> it as a bios problem. For sure the problem is in the boot0cfg code and >> for sure IT IS A USB PROBLEM. Now if you want to change this to am >> different group then you are welcome to do so. But as the original >> reporter of the PR I don't have the authority to make that change. > > Dear "Fbsd1" (Joe Barbish?), > Hans meant that this is not an issue with USB kernel driver and he is totally > correct. usb@ assignment is for bugs with kernel USB driver only. > BTW, bootloader doesn't have any explicit knowledge of USB either, it uses BIOS > interface and depends on BIOS USB emulation. > > I think that Hans can't change the PR assignment. > So this message is mostly for Mark :-) > Thank you Andriy Gapon for the courteous and informative post. May I suggest that the submit-pr web page be changed by replacing the USB assignment with Kernel-usb assignment. That is more in line with the USB charter and would reduce the number of PR's wrongly being posted to the USB assignment. So help us help you.