Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:19:48 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-20000307-CURRENT kern.flp keyboard probe questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003102113410.9685-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20000310202045.00b99ee0@207.227.119.2>
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Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote to Mike Smith: > At 05:54 PM 3/10/00 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >Since you can't safely hot-plug the PC keyboard, that wouldn't be very > >smart. The only way to auto-detect the use of a serial console is to > >look for a keyboard; if one isn't plugged in, there's no local console, > >end of story. > > Can't safely? Why the hell not? > > Been hot-swapping keyboards for many years without *any* problems. Old DIN > style and PS2, doesn't matter. Even Doze doesn't mind. Me as well...For at least a decade. I used to do it manually all the time, but had occasional glitches with funny scan codes and indicator statuses. With a mid-range priced switch, though, I have had no problems whatsoever. > If/when this does change, wishing there will be a way to override back to > the current behaviour. IMO, serial console should be explicitly called for. Amen. If I can't boot a system to the local console without a keyboard, that system isn't very useful. If the default DOES change, you should be able to change your boot.config to remove the -P option. -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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