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Date:      Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:35:10 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: alternative probe_keyboard.c (was: Re: i386/3124: BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD hangs system in bootblocks)
Message-ID:  <19970425163510.QM44383@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199704250944.SAA20609@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>; from Kazutaka YOKOTA on Apr 25, 1997 18:44:09 %2B0900
References:  <199704250944.SAA20609@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>

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As Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:

> The alternative sys/i386/boot/biosboot/probe_keyboard.c code I sent to
> him worked in his system.  Would anybody kindly review and/or test the
> code too?

The only chance to get it tested is:

. commit it,
. make keyboard probing the default,
. so Jordan's next 3.0-SNAP will use it by default.

Jordan should keep a hidden floppy image around for that SNAP, without
keyboard probing.  However, if your bootblock survived this test, we
can assume it's safe to use keyboard probing by default.

The bootblocks are nothing that's installed by a `make world', so only
very few (interested) people will follow your request to test them.
Thus, the only way to get it really tested is a SNAP.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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