> > Once I compiled that into the kernel, the keyboard works. Apparently
> > the kernel does not pick up the keyboard until it is completely loaded
> > and finished autoconf...?
> That sounds familiar - I'm pretty sure someone else(?) mentioned a
> problem like this a while ago. As far as I know the kernel doesn't need
> any userspace help to set up USB keyboards ( it would be pretty silly
> if it would... ) so I'd consider this a bug and therefore a candidate
> for send-pr. I guess there's already a PR about this but better have a
> look.

kern/28582

I was told to man usb and use a flag in the kernel config file. When I
brought up that this is not an ideal solution for machines with no legacy
ports like my current i386 machine, I never received a reply. It's
possible that this is the same issue.