Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:56:32 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> To: Scott Mitchell <scott+lists.freebsd@fishballoon.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: kbdmux(4)/syscons(4) patch is in the tree Message-ID: <4405E050.1000108@savvis.net> In-Reply-To: <20060301131443.GA73099@llama.fishballoon.org> References: <4404B461.8000104@savvis.net> <4404E8F1.80703@savvis.net> <20060301131443.GA73099@llama.fishballoon.org>
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Scott, [...] > 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 yes, it should work. > 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. no, you are not missing anything. it should just work. i even tried to drop into debugger with ctrl+alt+esc and kbdmux(4) still works. max
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