Keyboard not working after removal of atkbd

volatilevoid

volatilevoid

Hi,

I compiled a custom kernel without atkbd as it slows down boot (my system doesn't have any PS/2 connectors). Removing atkbd, atkbdc and psm was suggested by r_t_f_m in this post and obviously it was working for him.

Unfortunately, it seems my keyboard isn't functioning on the system console (mouse is working with psm removed). I already added
Code: 
keyboard="/dev/ukbd0"
as stated here.

Strangely, if I exit to the loader prompt and load usb, ehci, ohci, uhci and ukbd, the system freezes on
Code: 
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xd0000-0xd0fff,0xd1000-0xd1fff on isa0

Is atkbd mandatory for syscons or did I forget something?
 
Seems odd, but:

atkbd(4):
Code: 
This driver is required for the console driver [man=4]syscons[/man].

syscons(4) agrees:
Code: 
The syscons driver is implemented on top of the keyboard driver
([man=4]atkbd[/man]) and the video card driver ([man=4]vga[/man]) and so requires both of
them to be configured in the system.
 
Look at the Driver Flags section of atkbd(4). Given that, you should be able to add a line to /boot/device.hints (device.hints(5)) to disable the keyboard probe on boot.
Code: 
hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x8"

Untested, and the probe may not even be what's causing the delay.
 
I found the reason why my kernel wasn't working. Don't ever remove kbdmux. :stud
Removing atkbdc, atkbd and psm is totally fine and you don't need the keyboard line in /etc/rc.conf.
 
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