On 5/4/07, Charles Forsyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
plan 9 supports the mouse on usb using usb/mouse, running the full protocol,
so it can find it on the hub.
it does nothing to support the keyboard, so when it works, i'd suspect it's
because you've enabled legacy mode in the bios, which leaves the keyboard
in special `boot device mode', and (perhaps depending on which bios)
that possibly only works when it's directly visible on one of the system's
notional root hubs
(ie, directly wired ports without a hub at all).
and, of course, there's always the issue that many BIOS USB stacks
will support *some*, but not *all*, keyboards. I had this recently
with a brand new Sun Ultra40. No PS/2 keyboards for them, no sir! USB!
It's the 21st century!
So, the hunt for a working USB keyboard turned up several NFG units
and one working unit.
Summary: Just because the BIOS won't support *a* USB keyboard, does
not mean it can not support some other USB keyboard.
Just to keep it interesting.
ron
