Subject: Re: Mac mini and keyboard
To: Chris Tribo <ctribo@dtcc.edu>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/27/2005 11:26:37
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Hello,

> Lennart sent me this WRT the PR a while back:
>
> "From the usb(4) man page:
>
> The flags argument to the usb device affects the order in which the
> device detection happens during cold boot.  Normally, only the USB host
> controller and the usb device are detected during the autoconfiguration
> when the machine is booted.  The rest of the devices are detected once
> the system becomes functional and the kernel thread for the usb device 
> is
> started.  Sometimes it is desirable to have a device detected early in
> the boot process, e.g., the console keyboard.  To achieve this use a
> flags value of 1."

Hmm, common sense says this should be default on all platforms likely 
to use USB keyboards - just about everything with USB support in the 
kernel. IMHO things like that should 'just work'. Or is there any good 
reason to postpone USB autoconfiguration?

Daniel - did my kernel work for you or do you want me to build another 
one with just this flag set?

have fun
Michael

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