From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 13:14:49 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 62CA116A458 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:14:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5255543D48 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:14:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060301131446.MIZB29066.mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com>; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:14:46 +0000 Received: from llama.fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.171]) by aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060301131446.EJQB27140.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@llama.fishballoon.org>; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:14:46 +0000 Received: from scott by llama.fishballoon.org with local (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FERAC-000JOI-FW; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:14:44 +0000 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:14:44 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Maksim Yevmenkin Message-ID: <20060301131443.GA73099@llama.fishballoon.org> References: <4404B461.8000104@savvis.net> <4404E8F1.80703@savvis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4404E8F1.80703@savvis.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-SECURITY i386 Sender: Scott Mitchell Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: kbdmux(4)/syscons(4) patch is in the tree X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:14:49 -0000 On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:21:05PM -0800, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > Dear Hackers, > > kbdmux(4)/syscons(4) patch was committed to -current. please give it a > try and report any problems you might have with it. > > to activate kbdmux(4) simply > > 1) add 'kbdmux_load="YES"' to /boot/loader.conf and reboot > > or > > 2) kldload kbdmux && kbdcontrol -K < /dev/ttyv0 > > once kbdmux is active any keyboard (i.e. ukbd(4)/vkbd(4)) attached to > the system will be automatically added to the kbdmux. Hi Maksim, Cool, this looks great - I'll try to find a machine to test it on soon. One question: will this all just work if I boot single-user with kbdmux(4) loaded from /boot/loader.conf? I'm thinking of things like my Dell 1850s that have a (not connected) AT keyboard, a USB keyboard through a local KVM and another through their remote access cards. This all works great with the kbdmux in normal operation, but I have to remember to type the magic runes to disable the mux and the atkbd when I need to boot one of them in single-user, or I end up with no usable keyboard at all. It would be great if this all just worked, and from my reading of your patch it seems like it should, but I may be missing something. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon