Bug#248855: Useful clues for non-working USB keyboard on SunBlade 150 / sparc64

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

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Date: Friday 10 December 2004 10:59
From: "Wiktor Wandachowicz" <wiktorw@ics.p.lodz.pl>

Joey Hess wrote:
> Frans Pop wrote:
> > So, what we really need for this to be solved is people who know
> > about sparc kernels and the boot procedure to have a look at this.
>
> Well here's what I know: Our sparc kernels are built with the usbkbd
> driver built in, and that's the only USB keyboard support provided.
> The usb-uhci or usb-ohci drivers are not on there and not loaded, and
> neither does it try to load the alternative hid-based keyboard drivers
> (hid, keybdev). So if the usbkbd driver works, using the keyboard in
> what the kernel calls it "Boot Protocol mode" I think the sparc stuff
> should work (unsure if it still needs to load usb-uhci firt though),
> but if it needs to be in full HID mode, a lot of work needs to be done
> to get sparc to support that.

Thank you very much for your explanation. I got the message and I won't
rant about that on the debian-boot again. I will try to be as polite as I
can :-)

Than again, where do you think should I report the issue of USB/kbd
on SunBlade 150? Because it is still a problem and it will be until
resolved for good.

Please note that the keyboard was working correctly at least once.
I've got a proof for it:
http://ics.p.lodz.pl/~wiktorw/sparc_d-i/sarge-sparc-businesscard_20040511
.iso

So this is silly: it was once in a perfect state and now it's broken.
Why fix (break?) something when it works?

Just a couple of thoughts.

Regards,
Wiktor Wandachowicz
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