Re: macbook keyboard workaround (Re: [PATCH] Loading windows in macbook)

[Bean]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:34:07PM +0800, Bean wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 04:11:18AM +0800, Bean wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> This patch fix two problem that can cause problem for grub-pc in macbook.
>> >
>> > Somewhat unrelated but, it just made me remember:
>> >
>> > I received reports that performing the keyboard workaround for macbook
>> > twice would hang GRUB.  This is typically done when chain-loading GRUB 2
>> > core.img from GRUB Legacy.
>> >
>> > Does this sound plausible?  Is the workaround in GRUB 2 meant to support
>> > system states in which it has already been performed?
>> >
>>
>> The keyboard patch for grub2 should not affect system state. It's
>> basically a polling mode read, with halt to prevent busy waiting.
>> Also, I have tried chainloading core.img from grub2, and it works
>> fine.
>
> Strange.. does it work for you if you chainload it from GRUB Legacy?

Hi,

But grub legacy should have the keyboard issue as well, is there a
patch for it ?

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Bean