Star Review: FreeBSD 7.0
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Mar 2008 20:48 UTC, submitted by Valour
FreeBSD "Here we are at the moment of truth for the FreeBSD operating system - the 7.0 release. This is what FreeBSD users and developers have been waiting for ever since the dark days of the 5.X series when the promises of superior performance, threading, and stability fell flat. Though each release in the FreeBSD 6.X series improved markedly in quality and performance, 7.0 has been widely anticipated as the release that FreeBSD fans can have confidence in. I wish I could say that FreeBSD 7.0 lived up to the hype."
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RE[4]: Compile time
by Doc Pain on Tue 18th Mar 2008 02:13 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Compile time"
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2006-10-08

"The recompiled system is working well and fast. Only downsides for me:
1. Compiled in keymap (ATKBD/UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP) doesn't work anymore.


You should probably bring this up on the stable@ mailing list and/or file a PR. "

I'll surely do that. Up to this point, I didn't have any issues with 7.0-RELEASE so far. Setting keyboard layout manually (even in SUM) works.

"2. Sun Type 6 mouse and keyboard work, but no identification string is displayed at startup (ukbd, ums), allthough entries in usbdevs database are present.


I am not sure if this is expected. It doesn't sound like it's causing any problems though. "

That is the "fascinating" part - there is no problem except the missing identification string, but the mouse and the keyboard do work without any problems, even if constantly plugged in and out. It's just.. instead of

ukbd0: Sun Microsystems Type 6 USB keyboard, rev 1.00/1.02, addr 3, iclass 3/1
ums0: Sun Microsystems Type 6 USB mouse, rev 1.00/1.02, addr 2, iclass 3/1

I get

ukbd0: <vendor 0x0430 product 0x0005, class 0/0, rev 1.00/1.02, addr 3> on uhub1
ums0: <vendor 0x0430 product 0x0100, class 0/0, rev 1.00/1.02, addr 2> on uhub1

I checked the source code and I didn't find a hint why it could be that way. Well... I'm not a skilled kernel coder, so I don't expect myself to find the problem unless it's very obvious... :-)

But if I plug in an Apple USB keyboard, it works!

ukbd0: <Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/4.10, addr 3> on uhub4

Strange things happen in the new kernel... :-)

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