cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 atkbdc.4 src/sys/dev/kbd atkbdc.c

[John Baldwin]

On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:56 pm, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 02:03:27PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Thursday 07 April 2005 01:15 pm, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > > sobomax     2005-04-07 17:15:10 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     share/man/man4       atkbdc.4
> > >     sys/dev/kbd          atkbdc.c
> > >   Log:
> > >   Provide a new tunable hw.atkbdc.broken_kit_cmd, which if set to 1
> > >   instructs the driver to avoid using Keyboard Interface Test command.
> > >   This command causes problems with some non-compliant hardware,
> > > resulting in machine being abruptly powered down early in the boot
> > > process.
> > >
> > >   Particularly it's known that HP ZV5000 and Compaq R3000Z notebooks
> > >   are affected by this problem.
> > >
> > >   Due to popularity of those models this patch is good MFC5.4
> > > candidate.
> > >
> > >   PR:             67745
> > >   Submitted by:   Jung-uk Kim jkim at niksun.com
> > >   MFC after:      1 days
> >
> > Umm, this PR is closed because there's already a hint flag (0x8) to do
> > this. Does the hint flag not work and did you ask Jung-uk if the patch is
> > still necessary before you committed this?
>
> It would be nice if someone would comment on the email I sent to
> freebsd-current if we can add a "save keyboard" mode to the bootloader
> which would set hw.atkbdc.kbd0.flags to 0x9.  Wouldn't that solve all the
> keyboard issues?

No, it would break most people.  I already responded to that e-mail, too.  You 
can add a 'Comaq R3000' option perhaps, or just document the workaround in 
the FAQ or hardware release notes.

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