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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:44:40 -0800
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: Re: [announce] kmsgdump for 2.5.65/66
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:17:03 -0500 Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@myrealbox.com> wrote:

| Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| > 
| > so.....
| > 
| > kmsgdump for Linux 2.5.65/2.5.66
| > 2003-03-31
| > version 0.4.5
| 
| Thanks for porting this to 2.5.66!
| 
| [SNIP]
| 
| 
| > 2.  The kmsgdump text-mode interface doesn't work with a USB-only keyboard
| > setup.  I had to add a PS/2 keyboard to my test system to use it.
| 
| Hey, it's better then the alternative ;-).  I, too, use a 
| usb keyboard.  Perhaps some of the kdb usb code could be 
| ripped off?

Maybe.  I haven't looked at that code, although I am aware of kdb having it.
However, kmsgdump operates in real mode (currently), so this might need
to be real-mode USB drivers.  And then if a USB keyboard is supported,
someone will say, "how about supporting a USB floppy or USB printer?".  :(

--
~Randy
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