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Date:      Mon, 17 Feb 1997 13:39:10 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: boot messages (Was: Sun Workshop compiler vs. GCC?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970217133711.8268H-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970216172119.2917k-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>

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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote:

> 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...

During probes hit <Scroll-Lock><PgUp><PgUp>.  Nothing happens, but when 
probing finishes, the screen jumps back.  This is a possibility for 
thought, but I'll let Mike give a more definitive comment.  I don't know 
aything about checking the kbd between probes.

Danny



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