Re: Issue with /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/gatea20.c

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

In message <42B8D1F2.9070302%coolfactor.org@localhost>, Gavan Fantom writes:
>Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> Marcin Jessa <lists%yazzy.org@localhost> writes:
>> 
>>>On FreeBSD it's enough to remove keyboard support from the kernel to
>>>be able to boot devices that do not have it.
>> 
>> 
>> That's probably not quite the right way to do it. We'd like GENERIC to
>> work on such devices as well. The right thing is probably to do some
>> sort of probe to determine if the A20 hack is impossible before trying
>> it.
>
>If this probe proves tricky, it may be worth adding a config option here.
>

Or maybe something for userconf(4) or earlier?

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb