From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 18:38:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 7CABC16A4DF for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:38:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF8DF43D69 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:38:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6BIc7X7065319; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:38:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.6/8.13.1/Submit) id k6BIc7Ib065318; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:38:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:38:07 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Maksim Yevmenkin Message-ID: <20060711183807.GD64759@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Maksim Yevmenkin , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20060710212815.GA46336@dragon.NUXI.org> <200607102027.18106.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060711181600.GB64759@dragon.NUXI.org> <44B3ECFC.1050806@savvis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44B3ECFC.1050806@savvis.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/2 keyboard support in mid-boot borked X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:38:09 -0000 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?