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Date:      Wed, 8 Oct 1997 08:55:30 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, Robert Sowders <rsowders@igsmn002.wr.usgs.gov>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   psm driver (was Re: FreeBSD-2.2.5-BETA, /boot.help is missing)
Message-ID:  <199710081455.IAA10606@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199710080835.SAA01641@word.smith.net.au>
References:  <19971008085012.51101@klemm.gtn.com> <199710080835.SAA01641@word.smith.net.au>

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Mike Smith writes:
[ psm0 is disabled by default in the kernel config file ]

> > If that should be the case, could we then remove the disable token
> > entirely ? Or is disable necessary to be able to disable the driver
> > when autoprobing wasn't successfull ?
> 
> It's much easier just to boot with '-c' and say "enable psm0"; there is 
> no need to rebuild your kernel.

No kidding.

> The ps/2 mouse probe is disabled, IIRC, because it causes problems with 
> some keyboard controllers.

Actually, since Kazu's re-write of everything, I'll bet we could
re-enable it by default, since syscons already uses the 'critical' code
that used to cause lockups.  I may enable it later today if I think
about it again. :)



Nate



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