Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:11:03 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: Wait for console to become available, v3.2 |
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On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> I'm thinking this broader use: > > - My boot _script_ is waiting for a disk which identifies as > UUID=392852908752345749857 to appear before it can mount it on > /data. If there's no such disk, it proceeds without it. It's a > USB disk, behind a USB hub. > > - My boot script is looking to see if I'm holding down 'z' on the > keyboard, to do something different. But how does it know if > there's a USB keyboard plugged in (behind two USB hubs) that > hasn't finished being detected? > > It just seemed to fit comfortably into what's being discussed.
Are you suggesting this new interface be exported to userspace somehow?
Alan Stern
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