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From: Matt Bartley <mbartley@lear35.cytex.com>
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Subject: scprobe: keyboard reset failed
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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 07:39:34 -0700 (PDT)
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I've been seeing this strange message beginning in the past few days.

scprobe: keyboard RESET failed (result = 0xfa)

What does it mean?

% dmesg
FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #0: Tue May 14 07:20:31 PDT 1996
    mbartley@lear35.cytex.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL
Calibrating clock(s) relative to mc146818A clock ... i586 clock: 99386964 Hz,
  i8254 clock: 1193207 Hz
CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency
CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method
i586 clock: 0 Hz
CPU: Pentium (99.38-MHz 586-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x525  Stepping=5
  Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
real memory  = 16777216 (16384K bytes)
avail memory = 14843904 (14496K bytes)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0 <Intel 82437 (Triton) PCI cache memory controller> rev 1 on pci0:0
chip1 <Intel 82371 (Triton) PCI-ISA bridge> rev 2 on pci0:7:0
piix0 <Intel 82371 (Triton) Bus-master IDE controller> rev 2 on pci0:7:1
vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:14
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
scprobe: keyboard RESET failed (result = 0xfa)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 9 maddr 0xd0000 msize 8192 on isa
ed0: address 00:00:c0:44:1d:11, type WD8003E (8 bit) 
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: NEC 72065B
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A>
wd0: 1219MB (2496816 sectors), 2477 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
nca0 at 0x1f88-0x1f8b irq 10 on isa
nca0: type ProAudioSpectrum-16
nca0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
(nca0:1:0): "MEDIAVIS CDR-H93MV 1.31" type 5 removable SCSI 2
cd0(nca0:1:0): CD-ROM 
cd0(nca0:1:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not present
can't get the size
nca: xfer bus free timeout
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface