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Date:      Thu, 22 Jul 1999 12:12:02 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        scheper@beast.toad.net (Richard Scheper), freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup
Message-ID:  <199907221812.MAA02907@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199907221800.LAA08972@usr05.primenet.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907220813040.25064-100000@beast.toad.net> <199907221800.LAA08972@usr05.primenet.com>

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> > Heres my problem. I have an rc.local which starts up xdm, i.e.
> > 
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> > 
> > which starts up the xdm login screen. However, at this point the keyboard
> > input is locked out. Absolutely no key sequences have any effect. All else
> > appears to work, i.e. the mouse still functions. I've experimented with
> > this and have gathered the following clues:
> 
> The xdm program, among other things, starts X.
> 
> I believe the issue is one CPU running X doing inb/outb's while
> the other CPU is in the kernel -- doing the same.

Why would the other CPU doing the same inb/outb's as X?  By the time
init is run, the kernel is done 'setting up' the kernel.



Nate


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