Re: Example context needing use of hw.usb.usbhid.enable=0 : serial console keyboard input under Parallels (aarch64) [reproduces again]

On Thursday, 14 August 2025 at 21:51, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Have you been implicitly expecting a debug kernel instead of
> kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG ? I had previously provided the text
> (note the "GENRIC-NODEBUG"):
> 

I was unaware that the -NODEBUG kernel also disables the hkbd(4) debugging output.

> Now testing the debug kernel with hw.hid.hkbd.debug="100" :
> It now provides the dmesg -a text you have been
> looking for all along. Sorry for the previously bad test
> context.
> 

What you get in dmesg from the hkbd(4) driver looks very very normal. It's what you would expect from a fully functioning keyboard.

Can you try booting from an install image of FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE with usbhid enabled? You have to escape to the loader prompt and execute "set hw.usb.usbhid.enable=1". Report whether the keyboard works in the installer. Also try an install image for CURRENT such as FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-20250807-02f394281fd6-279407-bootonly.iso where you don't have to manually enable usbhid as it is already enabled by default.

Best regards,
Jordan Gordeev