Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:38:07 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/2 keyboard support in mid-boot borked Message-ID: <20060711183807.GD64759@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <44B3ECFC.1050806@savvis.net> References: <20060710212815.GA46336@dragon.NUXI.org> <200607102027.18106.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060711181600.GB64759@dragon.NUXI.org> <44B3ECFC.1050806@savvis.net>
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:25:00AM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 08:27:17PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > >>On Monday 10 July 2006 17:28, David O'Brien wrote: > >>>For months now PS/2 keyboard support has been broken during boot with the > >>>GENERIC kernel. > >>> > >>>If one has an error in /etc/fstab such that / cannot be mounted, the > >>>kernel prompts with > >>> > >>> Manual root filesystems specification: > >>> [examples listed] > >>> mountroot> > >>> > >>>However one cannot respond to the prompt as keyboard input is ignored. > >>>This seems to be a casualty of kbdmux(4) support being committed back in > >>>February. Is anyone working on fixing this? > >>This is a FAQ currently I think. There are some patches floating around > >>if > >>you search the archives. > > > >I hope this will be something more than a FAQ with some patches floating > >around for 7.0-RELEASE. > > if you use usb keyboard (or ps2 to usb converter with ps2 keyboard), > does it work? Don't know. Don't care. All daily used keyboards are real life PS/2 keyboards. However, if you'll commit to commiting a fix for the bug in 7-CURRENT, I'll test any combination you want. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?
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