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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:54:12 +0100
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ukbd probe order regression
Message-ID:  <20100203125411.GF45009@cicely7.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <20100203094756.GB95409@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
References:  <20100201085131.GA34006@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4B66A0DD.2070109@icyb.net.ua> <20100202063635.GA64643@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4B67C8A6.5050102@icyb.net.ua> <20100202230511.GA19744@pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com> <20100203094756.GB95409@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>

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On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 08:47:56PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> [Based on a thread in -stable]
> 
> I am trying to upgrade a Dell GX620 from FreeBSD 7.1 to a recent
> FreeBSD 8-stable and have run into a regression in the ukbd probe
> order.  This box has no PS/2 ports and therefore I use a USB
> keyboard (and have removed atkbdc, atkbd and kbdmux from my kernel).
> All relevant USB devices are compiled in.
> 
> In 7.x, ukbd probes before the kernel mounts root.  In 8.x, ukbd
> probes after the kernel mounts root (it actually probes asynchronously
> after the "Enter full pathname of shell..." prompt).  (This bit me
> badly because I managed to screw up my root disk name and got
> prompted with 'mountroot>' but had no keyboard).

As workaround to get your system up without bootcd can also declare
the rootdev on loader prompt.

-- 
B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de
Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.



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