Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 17:23:55 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: boot messages (Was: Sun Workshop compiler vs. GCC?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970216172119.2917k-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199702162320.JAA05708@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > The splash-screen is actually implemented as an alternate display mode for > a single VT. But you're not paying attention : it is NOT POSSIBLE to > detect keystrokes on the console while the device probes are running, > because interrupts are Turned Off. this may sound like a stupid question.. but can you check the keyboard between probes to see if there are any keypresses.... I remeber here a post a few days ago saying the keyboard control had a 16byte buffer.. so the keypress would still be around wouldn't it? it just needs to get pulled... just a thought... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Modem/FAX: (541) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)
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