Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:20:25 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot loader's autoload bug fix (was: Re: Two /boot/loader anomalies ) Message-ID: <199810062020.NAA01019@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 1998 22:01:39 %2B0200." <199810062001.WAA00640@semyam.dinoco.de>
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> > You'll get this if the timer isn't working properly. I've seen a > > The timer works perfectly! While looking for timer anomalies I > figured out what really happens: It's our vidconsole.c's iskey which > gets its return code reversed. > > The result is that the boot code's autoboot function asks the BIOS for > a keypress. There is none, yet despite iskey's claim to the contra- > ry. *boom* It hangs until the user presses a key and can't update the > time count. And of course it never can time out for the same reason. > > This will make it work: Actually, that's not quite right either. You should check the Z flag, ie. return(!(vm86.efl & PSL_Z)); and include <machine/psl.h> Can you check this for me? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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