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Hello,

> It seems to me it would be much simpler to replace the console input device
> while in cpu_rootconf() in macppc/macppc/autoconf.c before calling
> setroot() and then restore it afterward. setroot calls cngetsn when the
> root device is required to be entered manually. cngetsn calls cngetc, which
> calls the installed console getc handler. If the installed console input
> handler was temporarily replaced with ofkbd_cngetc from machdep.c, OF could
> do the polling for the root device.
I disagree - the problem affects all platforms, it's been confirmed for at least i386 and macppc. We should do something general about it, like firing up USB completely before asking for a root device instead of shortly afterwards.

have fun
Michael

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