Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:14:44 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott+lists.freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: kbdmux(4)/syscons(4) patch is in the tree Message-ID: <20060301131443.GA73099@llama.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <4404E8F1.80703@savvis.net> References: <4404B461.8000104@savvis.net> <4404E8F1.80703@savvis.net>
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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
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