Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:53:37 +0200 From: "Cole" <cole@opteqint.net> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Keyboard Boot Disable Message-ID: <20060425215144.2DEA143D83@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060425210626.GB24568@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Hi. Thanks to both you and John Baldwin for the reply. This really does help. Thanks for all the effort. Regards /Cole -----Original Message----- From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:06 PM To: Cole Cc: 'Brooks Davis'; freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:22:01PM +0200, Cole wrote: > I realised I forgot the version after I mailed. Im speaking about > FreeBSD 4.11. Also by blowing the machine up, what exactly do you > mean? You end up blowing the motherboard? Or the keyboard? Or > specifically what? On 4.x you can remove the default flags from they atkbd entry and I think that will do it. See the atkbd(4) manpage for details. Hot plugging or unplugging they keyboard can damage the motherboard or keyboard. -- Brooks > > Regards > /Cole > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:13 PM > To: Cole > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:10:55PM +0200, Cole wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have a large amount of servers, and the problem is, that when I need > > to plug a keyboard into them, the keyboard is disabled since they > > werent booted with a keyboard. > > > > I was wondering if anyone has some idea of how to disable the keyboard > > probe at boot and make it so that the OS thinks that the keyboard is > > present even if its not plugged in, so that a keyboard can be plugged > > in at any stage, and will function normally. > > > > Im speaking specifically for ps2 keyboards. Is this even possible, or > > are there architecture problems or something else relating to this > > that would make this impossible? > > > > If this is possible, could someone please point me in the correct > > direction as to which code I would need to look at to make this > > possible? > > What version of FreeBSD are you running? This hasn't been the case by > default for ages. As a warning, PS2 keyboards are not electricaly > designed to be hotplug so you may blow your machine up by doing this > (says someone who does it all the time). > > -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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