[1519] in NetBSD-Development
Re: Dell keyboard issue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan J. Williams)
Thu Jan 8 13:27:50 1998
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-dev@MIT.EDU
From: "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Jan 1998 12:12:29 EST."
<199801081712.MAA15608@the-light-fantastic.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:27:30 EST
> When we're building install and athena kernels for the release, we
> should include this patch for the Dell keyboard problem:
>
> *** src/sys/arch/i386/isa/pccons.c.orig Thu Jan 8 00:26:55 1998
> --- src/sys/arch/i386/isa/pccons.c Thu Jan 8 00:23:01 1998
> ***************
> *** 203,208 ****
> --- 203,210 ----
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> + { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> + { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; }
Don't we usually use the pcvt driver, not the pccons driver?
> static __inline int
> *** src/sys/arch/i386/isa/pms.c.orig Thu Jan 8 00:26:59 1998
> --- src/sys/arch/i386/isa/pms.c Thu Jan 8 00:22:47 1998
> ***************
> *** 126,131 ****
> --- 126,133 ----
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> + { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> + { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; } \
> { u_char x = inb(0x84); (void) x; }
Aside from that, is "the dell keyboard problem" the keyboard
lockup we saw on snork? How is the pms driver an issue? I haven't
heard reports of problems on machines with pcvs and pms, even
unpatched.
- Nathan
