boot1.s hangs on system without keyboard controller

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Jul 21 17:51:34 PDT 2003


On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:38:51PM -0700, Pascal Dornier wrote:
> File: src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot1.s
> 
> The code to enable A20 gate will hang on "legacy free" systems without a
> keyboard controller at port 60 / 64.
> 
> Suggest adding some sort of time-out to proceed anyway if expected reply
> does not come within a reasonable time. Or bail immediately if FF is read.

Please file a bug report with send-pr.

Kris
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