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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:13:58 -0500
From:      "Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@staff.msen.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Force keyboard detection flag?
Message-ID:  <20020124151358.X18453@staff.msen.com>
In-Reply-To: <0201171721140C.03869@germanium>; from baldur@foo.is on Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 05:21:14PM %2B0000
References:  <XFMail.20020115182130.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20020117120511.W73347@staff.msen.com> <0201171721140C.03869@germanium>

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 05:21:14PM +0000, Baldur Gislason wrote:
> Have you never compiled your own kernel? Here's a paste from LINT:

Often.  You misread my email.

> On Thursday 17 January 2002 17:05, you wrote:
> > I started to look through the kernel code for keyboard detection
> > with plans toward having a sysctl that forces the keyboard at run
> > time, rather than kernel compile.  But I got sidetracked.

In other words, one could be running GENERIC.  Boot the machine w/o
a keyboard.  Plug a keyboard in.  ssh in and type something like

   sysctl -w enable.the.damn.keyboard.right.now=1   

and the keyboard would come live.

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