[ipxe-devel] unable to type/enter text in console/login after commitdiff "2a696ab963fe71296d9495caed1b748f6f7d8971" when "using" comboot support in src/general.h)...

[Torgeir.Wulfsberg at kongsberg.com]

Hi!

I totally forgot about the most important thing.

Yeah, kvm (vm worked for me too). But a physical machine, that's where I encountered the problem.

Sorry about that.
Verified this at home with different hardware as well.

--Torgeir

> Den 29. juli 2015 kl. 15:26 skrev Michael Brown <mcb30 at ipxe.org>:
>
>> On 29/07/15 12:38, Torgeir.Wulfsberg at kongsberg.com wrote:
>> Reproducable with this (after downloading/unpacking latest version of ipxe):
>>
>> # add support for "comboot" by removing comments //
>>
>> vim config/general.h
>>
>> make bin/ipxe.pxe
>>
>> # move ipxe image file to tftpserver and boot
>>
>> # hit ctrl+b
>>
>> # cannot type in console
>
> I am unable to reproduce your problem by following these instructions. I have done:
>
> - enable IMAGE_COMBOOT in config/general.h
>
> - build bin/8086100e.mrom
>
> - start qemu using bin/8086100e.mrom as the PXE ROM
>
> I am still able to type in the console, as expected.
>
> Michael

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