Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:16:26 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atkbd: changing flags at boot time Message-ID: <200506270916.28125.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <001c01c57b17$03933350$0702a8c0@vstinm12> References: <200506271338.53836.B.Candler@pobox.com> <001c01c57b17$03933350$0702a8c0@vstinm12>
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On June 27, 2005 05:52 am, Joao Paulo Marques Mattos wrote: > Brian Candler wrote: > > [This is with FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE] > set in /boot/device.hints > hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x0" =46reeBSD 4.x supports device.hints? I thought that was a 5.x feature. > > So I tried putting > > hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x00" > > in /boot/loader.conf, but that didn't make any difference. Change the flags parameter in the kernel config file, and recompile the=20 kernel. > > Does this mean that it's impossible to clear this flag without > > recompiling the kernel? If so, is there a reason for this? =46rom what I know of 4.x, the only way to change device flags is to=20 recompile the kernel. 5.x has the handy device.hints file and you can set= =20 hints via /boot/loader.conf (preferred as device.hints is overwritten=20 during installworld). =2D-=20 =46reddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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