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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/syscons saver.h ... 
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From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> > Then you just want a linker set of all the console-like devices, a 
> > pointer to the current console in the set, and a hint for initialising 
> > the pointer which can come in from the bootstrap.  The backdoor-style
> > minimal console functionality is more or less essential; I don't think 
> > we can escape this reality.
> 
> I still think it will be difficult to have a USB keyboard on the
> console...

I guess that depends on whether we're talking "traditional console" 
here, or run-time console.  

It's certainly nontrivial to do eg polled keyboard I/O with a USB 
keyboard, yes.

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