Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:18:38 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.0-20000307-CURRENT kern.flp keyboard probe questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003102004520.8418-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <200003110158.RAA02683@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote to Ryan Thompson: > > "Don't have a keyboard" != "No keyboard detected" != "Serial Console". > > No keyboard detected -> local console won't be used -> use serial console Yes, that would seem to sum up the current behavior quite well. :-) > > Ok, so they can't be probed. However, I HAVE thought about it for a > > minute, and, to be honest, I still don't see why my proposal is entirely > > nonsensical. :-) Would you mind explaning your argument? For clarity, > > I'll explain mine again... Perhapas we're just not on the same wavelength: > > > > >From boot(8): > > > > -P probe the keyboard. If no keyboard is found, the -D and > > -h options are automatically set. > > > > Instead of that behaviour, I am suggesting a more forgiving behaviour: > > > > 1. Probe for a keyboard. > > 2. Is there a keyboard? > > Yes - Boot from the local console > > No - Display "Keyboard not found. Using serial console in 10 seconds, > > press any key to abort" > > This is as stupid as the "Keyboard error - Press F1 to continue" message > that several BIOS vendors are so fond of. If there's no keyboard > attached, you can't hit a key. Not very smart. :-) I just mentioned that in another (now closely related) thread. > > 3. Was a key pressed in 10 seconds? > > Yes - Boot from the local console > > No - Display "Booting from serial console" > > Boot from the serial console > > There's also not enough code space in the bootstrap for this frippery. > If you want to use a local keyboard, make sure it's plugged in. We don't > have a diagnostic for when you forget eg. to install your disk drive > either... That's a concern that I stated in my previous post. If it's not feasable, then it's not feasable. (And I can infer from your responses that you wouldn't be the one to commit such frippery to the codebase, anyway :-) It was but an idle query from someone mildly inconvenienced by -P. Thanks for the input. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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