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Date:      Fri, 12 May 2000 11:04:44 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC
Message-ID:  <20000512110444.A21167@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200005120305.UAA27029@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 08:05:36PM -0700
References:  <200005120305.UAA27029@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 08:05:36PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
>   - Require the atkbd0 driver to actually probe to see if a keyboard is
>     there.  This allows USB keyboards to be seen by sc0 if an AT keyboard
>     isn't plugged into the computer.  This also means that you will no
>     longer be able to plug an AT keyboard into a machine after it has
>     booted a GENERIC kernel and use it.  AT keyboards aren't designed for
>     this anyway.  USB keyboards are designed for this, and they work.

For those who can't be bothred to recompile to let them do this or who
want an electricaly safe solution, Black Box sells a keyboard emulator
which makes the your system think it's got a keyboard and lets you plug
on in to the back of the box to attach one as needed.  The partnumber is
AC243A.

-- Brooks

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