Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:08:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011119200819.A4381@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011119085102.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:51:02AM -0800 References: <20011118141437.B29222@freebie.xs4all.nl> <XFMail.011119085102.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:51:02AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 18-Nov-01 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 10:49:42AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > >> USB Zip should probably work > >> (Removed for now. Once someone tests it, we can put it back.) > >> USB keyboards and mice work > > > > USB keyb/mice assume a system that has an SRM console that knows about USB > > and > > allows their use as console devices. That implies non-DEC/CPQ systems, > > so I guess API systems-only. > > > > Can someone please clarify? > > Err, they work with the kernel perfectly fine on the XP900 I tested them with. > SRM may not grok them, but the kernel does. Sure.. but how are you going to tell (say) SRM 'boot' with a USB keyboard then? Does that work? Or do you have a serial console for the SRM and an USB kb for the kernel? When I say console in this context I meant the SRM. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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