Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:30:41 -0600 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-20000307-CURRENT kern.flp keyboard probe questions Message-ID: <4.3.2.20000310202045.00b99ee0@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <200003110154.RAA02626@mass.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:45:33 CST." <4.3.2.20000310194350.00b698e0@207.227.119.2>
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At 05:54 PM 3/10/00 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >Since you can't safely hot-plug the PC keyboard, that wouldn't be very >smart. The only way to auto-detect the use of a serial console is to >look for a keyboard; if one isn't plugged in, there's no local console, >end of story. Can't safely? Why the hell not? Been hot-swapping keyboards for many years without *any* problems. Old DIN style and PS2, doesn't matter. Even Doze doesn't mind. If/when this does change, wishing there will be a way to override back to the current behaviour. IMO, serial console should be explicitly called for. As for USB, mentioned elsewhere, still leery of it. Not to snub all the work that has been to support it, but it has done a return-of-the-living-dead act (mini-disc anyone?). Wonder if FireWire will do the same thing, which has been on my "wondering when" list for many years now. my .02 rant Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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