The following reply was made to PR kern/144280; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Fbsd1 <[email protected]> To: Andriy Gapon <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Linimon <[email protected]>, Hans Petter Selasky <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: usb/144280: boot0cfg not USB aware Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:25:32 +0800 Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 07/03/2010 07:08 Fbsd1 said the following: >> Hans Petter Selasky wrote: >>> On Thursday 25 February 2010 09:29:14 Joe Barbish wrote: >>>>> Description: >>>> Have boot0cfg installed on PC motherboard cabled hard drive and when >>>> I plug >>>> in an USB cabled external hard drive or USB flash drive, (both >>>> containing >>>> a installed full FreeBSD version) and boot the PC, the f5 key for >>>> going to >>>> the second hard drive is non-functional. Looks like boot0cfg is not USB >>>> aware. >>>> >>> This is not an USB issue, but rather BIOS / boot-code related. Please >>> change responsible. >>> >>> --HPS >>> >>> >> You have a very limited view point of what is USB problem. I don't see >> it as a bios problem. For sure the problem is in the boot0cfg code and >> for sure IT IS A USB PROBLEM. Now if you want to change this to am >> different group then you are welcome to do so. But as the original >> reporter of the PR I don't have the authority to make that change. > > Dear "Fbsd1" (Joe Barbish?), > Hans meant that this is not an issue with USB kernel driver and he is totally > correct. usb@ assignment is for bugs with kernel USB driver only. > BTW, bootloader doesn't have any explicit knowledge of USB either, it uses > BIOS > interface and depends on BIOS USB emulation. > > I think that Hans can't change the PR assignment. > So this message is mostly for Mark :-) > Thank you Andriy Gapon for the courteous and informative post. May I suggest that the submit-pr web page be changed by replacing the USB assignment with Kernel-usb assignment. That is more in line with the USB charter and would reduce the number of PR's wrongly being posted to the USB assignment. So help us help you. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
