svn commit: r190857 - head/sys/dev/kbdmux

[Alexander Kabaev]

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:00:35 -0700
Maksim Yevmenkin <emax at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Fabian Keil
> 
> > How about turning this into a compile-time or sysctl option
> > or at least mentioning the change in /usr/src/UPDATING?
> 
> i do not believe that compile-time nor sysctl option is the right
> choice here as it is never allowed to use locks in low-level keyboard
> drivers. entry in UPDATING is probably a good idea.
> 
> > With this commit, providing the geli key phrase on
> > boot is impossible on my AMD64 dual core system.
> 
> right, i really hate to say this, but the amount of bug reports, lor's
> etc.that were submitted after this change is far more (imo) than
> amount of people that ran relatively uncommon setup with encrypted
> root (which, btw, prompted the original commit). of course, there is
> no question, it has to be fixed.

This also affects DDB prompts, correct? What is the timeframe for
fixing this?

-- 
Alexander Kabaev
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