Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:59:52 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: KERNEL BUG: console not working in linux |
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"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote: > > > > Yes, it can. Unfortunately, some "legacy-free" PCs apparently > > are starting to take the tack that the KBC is legacy. Therefore, > > the use of port 92h is mandatory on those systems. > > Not just embedded systems? >
Nope. I was rather surprised to find this out, but I got a bug report about a recent IBM Aptiva not working with SYSLINUX because it lacked KBC. It really could use the adaptive-A20 patch; Linus hasn't taken it yet, though.
> > Port 92h dates back to at the very least the IBM PS/2. > > > > Either way, the video card of the original poster is broken in more > > ways than that. Ports 0x00-0xFF are reserved for the motherboard > > chipset and have been since the original IBM PC. > > His video card is the motherboard. He has built-in video. > So the port is being used by his motherboard chipset.
I see. Still an incredibly bad choice.
-hpa
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