From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 6 11:15:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA23164 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:15:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA23159 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:15:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr05.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA02900; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:14:57 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr05.primenet.com(206.165.6.205) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd002691; Wed Jan 6 12:14:50 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA10179; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:14:33 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199901061914.MAA10179@usr05.primenet.com> Subject: Re: psm0 on laptops. To: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com (Drew Baxter) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:14:32 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, doconnor@gsoft.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990106130324.00bfa570@genesis.ispace.com> from "Drew Baxter" at Jan 6, 99 01:04:58 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Perfect. FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS for this stuff. > > Alright, so it does probing on bootstrap? So what? that means if it's > there it's there, if it's not its not. Same principle. Besides I do have a > few boards that won't even register the mouse ports existance (I believe my > Shuttle HOT-557 1.5 does this) unless there is a device attached to it. > Makes sense, the PS/2 port is an 'optional component' you have to buy for > 10 bucks. Do you tink the arrival of IRQ 1's that the keyboard controller claims are not coming from the keyboard would be sufficient notification of a PS/2 mouse arriving? ;-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message