From 34119c9ae25a73848fd4a80317269751c4aff5ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lucas Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 20:41:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Q: "Does FreeBSD support my USB keyboard?" A: "For at least five years." --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 44 +---------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 43 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 0dbc416d11..587a19875d 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -2542,49 +2542,7 @@ disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 1 # change from wd3 to wd2 FreeBSD 4.X and later supports USB keyboards - out-of-the-box. Preliminary USB device support appeared - in FreeBSD 3.1, but might not always work as of version - 3.2. If you want to experiment with the USB keyboard - support in FreeBSD 3.X, follow the procedure described - below. - - - - Use a version of FreeBSD 3.X later than - 3.2. - - - - Add the following lines to your kernel configuration - file, and rebuild the kernel. - - controller uhci0 -controller ohci0 -controller usb0 -controller ukbd0 -options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV - - - - Go to the /dev directory and create - device nodes as follows: - - &prompt.root; cd /dev -&prompt.root; ./MAKEDEV kbd0 kbd1 - - - - Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the - following lines: - - usbd_enable="YES" -usbd_flags="" - - - - - If you want to use a USB keyboard in FreeBSD 4.X or - later, you just need to enable USB support in + out-of-the-box. Enable USB support in /etc/rc.conf. Once you have USB keyboard support enabled on your