[Fwd: Re: [syslinux] etherboot 5.3.14 and pxelinux keyboard problem]

[H. Peter Anvin]

Quinn wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>> Quinn wrote:
>>
>>> Hello again,
>>>
>>> Back to an old case:  Etherboot 5.3.14 and pxelinux.0
>>> I just tested v3.11 of pxelinux.0 - same problem as described below - 
>>> keyboard hangs at boot prompt.
>>> I also tested v3.10-pre21 - someone mention that arp polling was 
>>> disabled for this version.
>>
>>
>>
>> What about current Etherboot?
>>
>>     -hpa
>>
> Same results with etherboot 5.4.1/pxelinux 3.11 and etherboot 
> 5.4.1/pxelinux 3.10-pre21.
> pxelinux 3.10 gives the same results as pxelinux-3.10-pre21.
> 
> When the keyboard hangs, Num Lock/Caps Lock/Scroll Lock work fine but 
> typing anything in
> does not show up at the boot prompt and if you keep on trying then the 
> keyboard buffer
> overflows (beeping noises).  Pressing the enter doesn't do anything either.
> Rebooting the pc with CTRL-ALT-DEL works fine though.
> 

I suspect Etherboot has nothing to do with it, but it might be an issue 
with your BIOS and the INT 16h AH=1xh functions.  Since this is one very 
old machine I don't really think I'll have the time or energy to chase 
this one down, unless reproduced on other hardware.

	-hpa