Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:29:13 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Arun Sharma <arun@sharma-home.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ddb and usb keyboards Message-ID: <43903E19.7030203@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <438FF13C.7080308@sharma-home.net> References: <438FF13C.7080308@sharma-home.net>
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Hi Arun, > I noticed that I was able to interact with DDB using my usb keyboard > when the kernel panics due to a driver bug. > > However, if I try to manually enter DDB using ctrl+alt+esc on the > console, DDB doesn't accept any input and I have to power cycle the > machine. I see the same behaviour :( > Is there a good explanation for this behavior? I can't think of one. I guess it's possible that the USB keyboard/OCHI code is being re-entered when this happens, since I guess the key event is an upcall into syscons. Do you know if this happens with a USB keyboard on x86 ? later, Peter.
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