Re: [PATCH] USB keyboard

[step21]

Thanks for clarifying this.



On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 09:04:56PM +0100, step21 wrote:
>> didn't this work already? or was this only cause of efi? just while testing
>> the input issue on my mac i attached a usb keyboard too, and that worked.
>
> When the firmware (BIOS/EFI/OFW) supports USB and GRUB uses its callbacks,
> then USB keyboards can work.  Using the driver helps when the firmware
> doesn't support USB, or when its USB support is broken in some way.
>
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