Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:42:59 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: alfred@FreeBSD.org Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <20040920.094259.39159862.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040920093504.GD11948@elvis.mu.org> References: <200409200706.i8K76vYc011437@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040920093504.GD11948@elvis.mu.org>
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Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: * Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> [040920 00:06] wrote:
: > brooks 2004-09-20 07:06:57 UTC
: >
: > FreeBSD src repository
: >
: > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_5)
: > release Makefile
: > Log:
: > MFC revs 1.860 and 1.861:
: >
: > Add 'hint.atkbd.0.flags="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.
: >
: > Approved by: re (scottl)
: > PR: kern/71443 kern/71568 (probably others)
:
: This is bullshit. Please do not break PS/2 because of USB.
: Please fix USB to attach instead.
Every time this has come up over the past N years, people suggest
that. No one has done the work to do that. There will come a time
when the default is changed after the install and we really need a
many to one mux in the kernel to replace the current 1 to 1 mux that
we have. People looking to be heros can send it to me for a review
and committal. :-)
Warner
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