From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Aug 22 18:14:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A104537B401; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:14:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F058F43E4A; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:14:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from njl@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (njl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7N1EpJU027207; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:14:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from njl@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from njl@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7N1Eprl027203; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:14:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:14:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson Message-Id: <200208230114.g7N1Eprl027203@freefall.freebsd.org> To: edlyu@yahoo.com, njl@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/41214: boot loader cannot use USB Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Synopsis: boot loader cannot use USB State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: njl State-Changed-When: Thu Aug 22 18:13:17 PDT 2002 State-Changed-Why: Fix, as user states, is to enable Legacy USB support so that the USB keyboard works before the OS boots. This is necessary for editing BIOS settings and the like via a USB keyboard. All x86 OS's have this in common, see the following URL: http://www.upgradingandrepairingpcs.com/faqs/Input_Output/io_April_1.asp http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=41214 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message