On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:07:42AM -0500, RB wrote:
> On 7/19/07, william estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2) If I remember correctly, Grub does not support USB keyboards?
> Incorrect - I've used USB almost exclusively for quite some time.
[...]
Grub supports BIOS keyboards. When your BIOS supports USB keyboards,
they can be used with Grub. Grub does not *itself* know anything
about USB. To my knowledge, Soekris COMBIOS doesn't know what to do
with USB keyboards, so Grub will not see them on a Soekris. And
anyway, what good does a peecee keyboard do you if you don't have
support for a corresponding display device to be able to see what
you're typing?
I would recommend keeping the first built-in serial interface for
the BIOS/bootloader/OS consoles. Either attach a second port to the
header for the second built-in serial interface on the Soekris board
(see the list archives for pertinent information) or use a USB
serial device supported by your OS to give your application access
to the external device you need to control.
However, as stated by others in this thread, telling your kernel to
boot with no console at all (and configuring the OS not to present a
login on that interface as well) should be sufficient to free up the
first on-board serial for other uses...
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