From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 19 11: 8:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3CBC37B416; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:08:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fAJJ8JKQ028817; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:08:19 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAJJ8JH04414; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:08:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:08:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, "Bruce A. Mah" Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011119200819.A4381@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20011118141437.B29222@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:51:02AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:51:02AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 18-Nov-01 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 10:49:42AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > >> USB Zip should probably work > >> (Removed for now. Once someone tests it, we can put it back.) > >> USB keyboards and mice work > > > > USB keyb/mice assume a system that has an SRM console that knows about USB > > and > > allows their use as console devices. That implies non-DEC/CPQ systems, > > so I guess API systems-only. > > > > Can someone please clarify? > > Err, they work with the kernel perfectly fine on the XP900 I tested them with. > SRM may not grok them, but the kernel does. Sure.. but how are you going to tell (say) SRM 'boot' with a USB keyboard then? Does that work? Or do you have a serial console for the SRM and an USB kb for the kernel? When I say console in this context I meant the SRM. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message