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Date:      Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:17:21 -0700
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kbdmux support for ddb and mountroot?
Message-ID:  <449EB711.30509@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <449F18D9.2000109@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <449EAED3.7000706@root.org> <449F18D9.2000109@FreeBSD.org>

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Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Works here to specify alternate root just fine. I am missing something?
> 
> -Maxim
> 
> Nate Lawson wrote:
>> kbdmux does not currently support ddb and mountroot in both -current 
>> and 6-stable.  This means that if you get a panic, no backtrace or 
>> other interaction is possible.  Also, if your /etc/fstab is wrong, no 
>> way to specify an alternate root.
>>
>> Are there any plans to improve this?  What needs to be completed to 
>> get back to previous support for these features?
>>
>> Thanks,

I'm using a PS/2 keyboard on one machine (RELENG_6) and a built-in PS/2 
keyboard on my laptop.  Neither register any keystrokes in DDB or with 
alternate root unless I disable kbdmux with the tunable.

-- 
Nate



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