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Date:      Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:20:02 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, julian@whistle.com
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/1868: keyboard leds
Message-ID:  <199610240120.LAA23314@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>>  Previously it told me that I had no keyboard, and didn't
>>  print anything for the LED errors, but I had a keyboard,
>>  and everything except setting the LEDs worked.
>COuldn't it be less verbose if there's a chance that 
>there is no keyboard?

That would require more code to keep track of whether it might not
have a keyboard, and further delay the complete fix of keeping
track of whether it has a keyboard and not issueing keyboard
commands when it doesn't have one.  (The keyboard interrupts and
sends a recognisable scan code when it is plugged in (the same one
as for completion of the reset command IIRC).  The driver should
synchronize the external state with its state when it receives this
scan code.)

Bruce



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