no keyboard during snapshot/amd64 installation on MacBookPro 11,1

[Jindřich Káňa]

Hello list,

Trying to install amd64 snapshot on MacBookPro 11,1. Boot process stops on 
message: scsibus1at softraid0: 256 targets. After minute or more the install 
program appear. But keyboard do not work. I tried to use another USB keyboard, 
but its same. In pckbc(4) is written, that device flags should be changed. I 
can use keyboard to go into boot_config, but in UKC I lost keyboard too…it just 
blinking… no possibility to write even with external USB keyboard.

Thanks much for hint!
Jindra

Re: no keyboard during snapshot/amd64 installation on MacBookPro 11,1

[Bryan Steele]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 09:45:59PM +0200, Jind??ich Ka wrote:
 Hello list,
 
 Trying to install amd64 snapshot on MacBookPro 11,1. Boot process stops on 
 message: scsibus1at softraid0: 256 targets. After minute or more the install 
 program appear. But keyboard do not work. I tried to use another USB 
 keyboard, but its same. In pckbc(4) is written, that device flags should be 
 changed. I can use keyboard to go into boot_config, but in UKC I lost 
 keyboard too?it just blinking? no possibility to write even with external USB 
 keyboard.
 
 Thanks much for hint!
 Jindra

Some modern systems no longer emulate the legacy i8042 controller,
which is fine if there is a USB keyboard. Unfortunately, some newer
systems also lack the ehci(4) USB 2.0 controller and it's companions,
uhci(4) and ohci(4). Your Apple system may only include USB 3.0, or
an xHCI controller, which support is still being worked on.

The keyboard works at the boot prompt because boot(8) is using
BIOS services which are emulated by Apple's EFI firmware.

The future is encroaching, but we're catching up. Hold on! :-)

-Bryan.