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From: jerijian@cloudburst.seas.ucla.edu (Arthur D. Jerijian)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Hardware Status
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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 21:17:48 GMT
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Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
> jerijian@cloudburst.seas.ucla.edu (Arthur D. Jerijian) wrote:
> ] Where can I get status on current hardware support and support in
> ] the works? In particular, I need to know when the PS/2 mouse driver will
> ] no longer conflict with the video console (I find this very strange and
> ] discouraging in an otherwise wonderful OS). I also need to know if IDE
> ] ATAPI CD-ROMs will be supported anytime soon.
> The PS/2 mouse driver conflicts because if you try and do anything
> with it without a PS/2 mouse port on board, you hang.
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Ooooops! I thought that I couldn't use my PS/2 port mouse as long as
I allow console logins. Why isn't the LINT config file clear on this issue?
Also, I saw this question on the FAQ without an answer at all.
> The Problem being that it uses the second channel on the keyboard
> controller, and not all systems support it. Without a reasonable
> way to probe for existance, this is going to contiune to be an
> issue.
I can understand this now. Don't most precompiled Linux kernels
include this driver for generic machines? I'm not sure if Linux supports
probing for a PS/2 mouse, but reading the source code (I'm not a kernel
hacker!) might be a way to tell.
> Admittedly, you probably want to resolve this with a protocol at
> the user level, making the user go through an effort to get the
> thing enabled (and therefore potentially crashing their keyboard).
> I think the only argument you could have with the current
> implementation in this respect is that it's too much work to
> crash your keyboard if you don't have a PS/2 mouse. 8-).
Thanks for the answer. Now, where can I find the status
of IDE/ATAPI CD support? I'm pretty sure there might be developers out
there working on this...
> Terry Lambert
> terry@cs.weber.edu
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
--Arthur Jerijian jerijian@aixugrad.seas.ucla.edu