geli not recognizing keyboard

[Daniel]

>
> >
> > I did a fresh install with 10.1-BETA3 yesterday.  I decided to encrypt
> the
> > boot partition using geli (only option given).
> >
> > The keyboard i have is a USB keyboard. The keyboard works fine in all
> > scenarios except for when prompted with the geli password.
> >
> > http://i.minus.com/ibbw2T5C7Oppp5.jpg
> >
> > I tried with multiple different keyboards connected. Here's an Apple
> > keyboard and a standard PC Roswill keyboard.
> >
> > There's no response at all from geli.
>
>

> I just realized that I am seeing something similar that might be
> related.  I don't use geli, but my usb keyboard isn't recognized until
> about halfway through the boot process.  It works for BIOS setup and
> after boot, but it doesn't work during the boot menu stage.  I don't
> know enough to know what the problem is, but that might help someone
> else limit where the problem is.  You might want to try a minimal
> installation without geli and see if that is also true for you.  If it
> is the same problem, then it has been around for a while since mine is
> running 9.1-RELEASE.  My keyboard is actually a wireless usb one, but
> that is probably no different than regular usb.
>
>
I found a setting called "Port 60/64 Emulation which when disabled allowed
me to enter the password for encryption. (Woo-hoo!)

The description in the BIOS for this setting is:

"Enables I/O Port 60h/64h emulation support"

I also noticed that when I do a system halt, there is a prompt to press
keyboard to reboot. That also didn't work with the way things work.

So, it seems to me there's a fix related to this Port 60/64 that could be
done on the OS side of things.