From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LWWpX-0002nL-Q3 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09:47 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWWpW-0002mW-D8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09:46 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWWpV-0002m9-HJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09:45 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51299 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWWpV-0002m0-9y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09:45 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:55886) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LWWpU-0000Rb-Ti for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09:45 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LWWk8-0001Ta-VF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:04:13 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LWWp0-0001CJ-5a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:09:14 +0100 Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:09:14 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090209140914.GC4394@thorin> References: <20090208195323.GA3425@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB keyboard X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:09:46 -0000 On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 09:04:56PM +0100, step21 wrote: > didn't this work already? or was this only cause of efi? just while testing > the input issue on my mac i attached a usb keyboard too, and that worked. When the firmware (BIOS/EFI/OFW) supports USB and GRUB uses its callbacks, then USB keyboards can work. Using the driver helps when the firmware doesn't support USB, or when its USB support is broken in some way. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."