From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 19 13:12: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE2837B416; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:11:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fAJLBtD9081607; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:11:55 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAJLBtW05261; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:11:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:11:55 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011119221155.B5234@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20011119200819.A4381@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 12:39:27PM -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 12:39:27PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 19-Nov-01 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > 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. > > They are still usable for now however. I thought your last sentence was > implying that USB keyboards/mice only worked on API systems. In the systems I No, just that for SRM to work a PS/2 kb is needed. > tested with, I basically had two keyboards. :) Your first sentence above is > fine for keyboards (SRM doesn't use mice, so doesn't care), but the second one > can be ambiguous. :) OK, agreed :) -- | / 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