From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 25 07:52:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA20386 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 07:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA20371 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 07:52:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id QAA29050 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:52:46 +0200 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA12884; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:35:10 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19970425163510.QM44383@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:35:10 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternative probe_keyboard.c (was: Re: i386/3124: BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD hangs system in bootblocks) References: <199704250944.SAA20609@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.60_p2-3,5,8-9 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199704250944.SAA20609@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>; from Kazutaka YOKOTA on Apr 25, 1997 18:44:09 +0900 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > The alternative sys/i386/boot/biosboot/probe_keyboard.c code I sent to > him worked in his system. Would anybody kindly review and/or test the > code too? The only chance to get it tested is: . commit it, . make keyboard probing the default, . so Jordan's next 3.0-SNAP will use it by default. Jordan should keep a hidden floppy image around for that SNAP, without keyboard probing. However, if your bootblock survived this test, we can assume it's safe to use keyboard probing by default. The bootblocks are nothing that's installed by a `make world', so only very few (interested) people will follow your request to test them. Thus, the only way to get it really tested is a SNAP. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)