Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:36:22 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <20040920173622.GA21687@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <414F12F4.7090100@cronyx.ru> References: <200409200706.i8K76vYc011437@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040920093504.GD11948@elvis.mu.org> <20040920163417.GB4630@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <414F12F4.7090100@cronyx.ru>
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--5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:27:16PM +0400, Roman Kurakin wrote: > Brooks Davis wrote: >=20 > >On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:35:04AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >=20 > > > >>* Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> [040920 00:06] wrote: > >> =20 > >> > >>>brooks 2004-09-20 07:06:57 UTC > >>> > >>> FreeBSD src repository > >>> > >>> Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_5) > >>> release Makefile=20 > >>> Log: > >>> MFC revs 1.860 and 1.861: > >>>=20 > >>> Add 'hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x1"' back to /boot/device.hints on the > >>> install media on i386 and amd64. While the current default is very > >>> useful in server environments, the ability to use USB keyboards is > >>> vastly more important then the ability to use PS/2 keyboards the admin > >>> forgot to plug in during the install process. > >>>=20 > >>> Approved by: re (scottl) > >>> PR: kern/71443 kern/71568 (probably others) > >>> =20 > >>> > >>This is bullshit. Please do not break PS/2 because of USB. > >>Please fix USB to attach instead. > >> =20 > >> > >As others have pointed out, this only affects the install media. > > > >Yes, it means that if you want to install with a PS/2 keyboard you need > >to have it plugged in at boot, but that's very rare problem relative > >systems with only USB keyboards. The only situation I can think of > >where plugging the keyboard in and rebooting isn't an acceptable > >workaround is installing large numbers of machines. In that case > >building custom install media isn't all that hard. > > > >I realize this is a hack and that at the end of the day it's wrong, but > >the default is wrong too. I've got a workaround in place in multiuser > >via devd, but this late in the release cycle, I believe that what we've > >got is a good as we are likely to get. That's unfortunate, but > >sometimes that how it goes. > >=20 > > > Just an idea: >=20 > We could put bootable floppies for PS/2 and for USB. And boot from > floppy if we need. Yea, I know, there is possibilty that we do no > have one, but this could be more convenient than nothing in any of > these two case (except this would be fixed) if we have floppy drive. I don't think this is worth the effort. The workaround is to hit the reset button after attaching the PS/2 keyboard. That's a non-issue during the install process other then costing you 1-5 minutes waiting for the thing to boot. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBTxUWXY6L6fI4GtQRAsHzAJ4w1zclri+CkRHjsQ20vRJX0FoRowCg3Oey gso0ODBDKLPRMg+KT3rsj3w= =FidE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5vNYLRcllDrimb99--
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