From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 25 20:20:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5442316A401 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cole@opteqint.net) Received: from elektra.opteqint.net (elektra.opteqint.net [209.25.178.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F9143D75 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:20:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cole@opteqint.net) Received: from [196.47.3.44] (helo=deadmind) by elektra.opteqint.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.52 (FreeBSD)) id 1FYU4G-000IKl-Nt; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:23:30 -0700 From: "Cole" To: "'Brooks Davis'" Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:22:01 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcZopR9C+g666wW5RKymg9hk74q4RgAAKBIA In-Reply-To: <20060425201259.GA24568@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Message-Id: <20060425202009.50F9143D75@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Keyboard Boot Disable X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: cole@opteqint.net List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:20:15 -0000 Hi. I realised I forgot the version after I mailed. Im speaking about FreeBSD 4.11. Also by blowing the machine up, what exactly do you mean? You end up blowing the motherboard? Or the keyboard? Or specifically what? Regards /Cole -----Original Message----- From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:13 PM To: Cole Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:10:55PM +0200, Cole wrote: > Hi. > > I have a large amount of servers, and the problem is, that when I need > to plug a keyboard into them, the keyboard is disabled since they > werent booted with a keyboard. > > I was wondering if anyone has some idea of how to disable the keyboard > probe at boot and make it so that the OS thinks that the keyboard is > present even if its not plugged in, so that a keyboard can be plugged > in at any stage, and will function normally. > > Im speaking specifically for ps2 keyboards. Is this even possible, or > are there architecture problems or something else relating to this > that would make this impossible? > > If this is possible, could someone please point me in the correct > direction as to which code I would need to look at to make this > possible? What version of FreeBSD are you running? This hasn't been the case by default for ages. As a warning, PS2 keyboards are not electricaly designed to be hotplug so you may blow your machine up by doing this (says someone who does it all the time). -- Brooks