Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:14 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: thierry@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel Message-ID: <20120213120514.Horde.LMNbOJjmRSRPOO5qpDYJzWA@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <4f38e34a.lZtNaNETBImp/XiD%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net> <20120211124041.GF32360@graf.pompo.net> <20120211183308.00007579@unknown> <4f379cde.l6lDd9rduQzDU/xx%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20120212120633.0000302d@unknown> <4f38e34a.lZtNaNETBImp/XiD%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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Quoting perryh@pluto.rain.com (from Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:17:46 -0800): > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:05:02 -0800 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: >> > > On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:40:41 +0100 Thierry Thomas >> > > <thierry@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> > > > is there another place to put options to atkbd and sc, like >> > > > these ones: >> > > > >> > > > options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP # specify the built-in >> > > > keymap makeoptions ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=fr.iso.acc >> > > > ... >> > > >> > > No, there is no other way to add the keymap to the kernel >> > > directly (if you want to have it working correctly in >> > > single-user mode) instead of loading it with rc.conf. >> > >> > Might it be feasible to make it into a sysctl, so it could be >> > set in loader.conf? >> >> There is already a way to configure this as soon as you have a >> working userland. What this setting is doing is to replace the >> compiled-in default keymap with a different one, so that you have >> the one which matches your keyboard even when you enter the very >> first keystrokes in single-user mode (root-pw, path to shell, ...). > > My point is, if it were made into a sysctl, it could presumably > be set in loader.conf -- thereby providing the correct keymap for > those "very first keystrokes" without needing a custom kernel. > > I know that's not how it works _now_, but is there some reason why > this approach is not feasible? It seems like something that could > potentially go on the the list of projects to reduce the need for > custom kernels. Feasible: depend upon your definition of "feasible". You would have to add all keymaps statically into the kernel. No idea which parts exactly we talk about, but: ---snip--- % du -h /usr/share/syscons/ 40k /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps 570k /usr/share/syscons/fonts 1.1M /usr/share/syscons/keymaps 1.8M /usr/share/syscons/ ---snip--- I wouldn't mind for 40k, but 1.8M looks more like the value to calculate with. Anyway, this is out of the scope of the original question. Bye, Alexander. -- On successive charts of the same organization, the number of boxes will never decrease. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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