From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 20:04:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD4A16A4BF for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:04:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (hardtime.linuxman.net [66.147.26.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF35443FBD for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:04:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-19-159-39.jan.bellsouth.net [68.19.159.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED389154F6; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:04:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id EFC2020F2D; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:04:39 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:04:39 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: jon@witchspace.com Message-ID: <20030904030439.GG40413@over-yonder.net> References: <3F53D645.2040501@freebsd.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902103001.0217e758@gid.co.uk> <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question related to FreeBSD Serial Console... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 03:04:43 -0000 On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100 I heard the voice of jon@witchspace.com, and lo! it spake thus: > > Keyboard and mouse manufacturers usually give dire warnings about plugging > in PS/2 devices when the machine is powered up, maybe that's the reason > why. I think it's more because the interface isn't really designed electrically to support hot-plugging. I've cooked motherboards[0] by hot-plugging keyboards before. [0] Often I could, after heating up the soldering iron and a trip to Radio Shack, recover them, but not always. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"