Hi:
Thanks for your reply. I know that FreeBSD developers are busy people and
give up precious time for FreeBSD development. I respect that a great deal,
and appreciate the developers taking the time to help. I also understand
that the time constraints require that users spend some time looking into
problems on their own.
I produced a complete system configuration that may help to track down what
is going on with my Acer Aspire USB keyboard (see below). I may not be the
best qualified to render an opinion, but I have noticed that my keyboard
uses IRQ 1 and 12, and I/O ports: 0060h and 0064h, while FreeBSD reserves
IRQ 12 and I/O port 0060 fro the PS/2 mouse. I'm not sure exactly how
devices map to resources. Is there a coupling of IRQ and I/O port? If so,
is my system using (IRQ,I/O port) pairs: (1,0060h) and (IRQ 12,0064h)?
Since FeeBSD uses (12,0060h) for the PS/2 mouse, there could be a mismatch.
Another possible conflict may be on IRQ 11. FreeBSD assigns this to the
Adaptec SCSI controller while my system uses this for the PCI to USB
Universal Host Controller.
As described in the HARDWARE.TXT file in the installation (snapshot)
directory, userconfig is supposed to provide an opportunity to clear up any
such conflicts but my system is unusable as soon as the kernel is booted
(which occurs just before userconfig). However, the boot floppy kernel is
GENERIC, so perhaps it is subsceptable to a device conflict before such a
conflict can be resolved by the user.
One other clue: the floppy drive light remains on while the system is
unusable. Could this indicate a system problem instead of a keyboard
problem?
************ SYSTEM SUMMARY **************
Windows version: 4.10.1998
Computer Name: Acer
System BUS Type: ISA
BIOS Name: Acer
BIOS Date: 04/01/98
BIOS Version: ACR8EP6C 450V3.2
Machine Type: IBM PC/AT
Processor Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor Type: Pentiumฎ II Processor
Math C0-processor: Not Present
Registered Owner:
Registered Company:
************** IRQ SUMMARY **************
IRQ Usage Summary:
00 System timer
01 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
02 Programmable interrupt controller
03 Communications Port (COM2)
04 Communications Port (COM1)
05 ESS Solo-1 SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM)
05 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
05 ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
06 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
07 Printer Port (LPT1)
08 System CMOS/real time clock
09 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
09 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
09 Acer PCI Modem Enumerator
09 Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
09 XPERT 98 (English)
10 3com Fast EtherLink XL 10.100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
10 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
12 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
15 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
15 Secondary IDE Controller (dual fifo)
************* IO PORT SUMMARY *************
I/O Port Usage Summary:
0000h-000Fh Direct memory access controller
0020h-0021h Programmable interrupt controller
0040h-0043h System timer
0060h-0060h Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0061h-0061h System speaker
0064h-0064h Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0070h-0073h System CMOS/real time clock
0081h-008Fh Direct memory access controller
00A0h-00A1h Programmable interrupt controller
00C0h-00DFh Direct memory access controller
00F0h-00FFh Numeric data processor
0170h-0177h Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
0170h-0177h Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
01F0h-01F7h - Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
01F0h-01F7h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
0200h-0203h Gameport Joystick
0220h-022Fh - ESS Solo-1 SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM)
0295h-0296h Motherboard resources
02F8h-02FFh Communications Port (COM2)
0330h-0331h - ESS Solo-1 PCI SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM)
0376h-0376h - Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0376h-0376h - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
0378h-037Fh Printer Port (LPT1)
0388h-038Bh - ESS Solo-1 PCI SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM)
03B0h-03BBh XPERT 98 (English)
03C0h-03DFh - XPERT 98 (English)
03E8h-03EFh Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
03F0h-03F5h Standard Floppy Disk Controller
03F6h-03F6h - Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
03F6h-03F6h Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
03F7h-03F7h - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
03F8h-03FFh Communications Port (COM1)
0440h-047Fh - Motherboard resources
04D0h-04D1h - Motherboard resources
0800h-080Fh - Motherboard resources
0CF8h-0CFFh PCI bus
7000h-7FFFh Intel 82443BX Pentium(r) II Processor to AGP controller
7000h-70FFh - XPERT 98 (English)
8000h-807Fh 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
80C0h-80FFh ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
8400h-840Fh - ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
8440h-844Fh - ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
8480h-8483h - ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
84C0h-84C3h - ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
8800h-881Fh - Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
8840h-884Fh - Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
8840h-8847h Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
8848h-884Fh - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
***************** UPPER MEMORY USAGE SUMMARY ****************
Memory Usage Summary:
00000000h-0009FFFFh - Motherboard resources
000A0000h-000AFFFFh - XPERT 98 (English)
000B0000h-000BFFFFh - XPERT 98 (English)
000C0000h-000C7FFFh - XPERT 98 (English)
000E0000h-000FFFFFh - Motherboard resources
00100000h-00FFFFFFh - Motherboard resources
01000000h-07FFFFFFh - Motherboard resources
80100000h-80100FFFh - XPERT 98 (English)
80100000h-820FFFFFh - Intel 82443BX Pentium(r) II Processor to AGP
controller
80120000h-8013FFFFh - XPERT 98 (English)
81000000h-81FFFFFFh - XPERT 98 (English)
82100000h-8210FFFFh Acer PCI Modem Enumerator
82110000h-8211007Fh - 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC
(3C905B
E0000000h-E3FFFFFFh Intel 82443BX Pentium(r) II Processor to PCI bridge
(wi
FFFE0000h-FFFFFFFFh - Motherboard resources
*************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ************************
DMA Channel Usage Summary:
01 - ESS Solo-1 SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM
02 - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
04 - Direct memory access controller
*************** MEMORY SUMMARY ***************************
640 KB Total Conventional Memory
130452 KB Total Extended Memory
*************** DISK DRIVE INFO **************************
A: Floppy Drive, 3.5 1.44M
80 Cylinders 2 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 18 Sectors/Track
C: Fixed Disk 8209176K Total 6290072K Free
1023 Cylinders 255 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
**NOTE: The large amount of free space on the hard disk is due to my
freeing space for FreeBSD by using the FIPS utility.
D: CD-ROM Drive
*************** SYSTEM DEVICE INFO ***********************
Class: HCFMODEM
Device: Acer PCI Modem Enumerator
Resources:
IRQ: 09
MEM: 82100000h-8210FFFFh
Class: Universal serial bus controller
Device: Acer Aspire Generic Hub
No resources used.
Device drivers:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys
File size: 27184 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.2019
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998
c:\windows\system32\drivers\anfilter.sys
File size: 11176 bytes.
Manufacturer: Acer America Corporation
File version: 5.00.1636.1
Copyright: Copyright (C) Acer America Corp. 1997-1998
c:\windows\INF\acerusb.inf
File size: 1765 bytes.
No version information.
Class: Universal serial bus controller
Device: Acer Aspire Generic Hub
No resources used.
Device drivers:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys
File size: 27184 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.2019
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998
c:\windows\system32\drivers\anfilter.sys
File size: 11176 bytes.
Manufacturer: Acer America Corporation
File version: 5.00.1636.1
Copyright: Copyright (C) Acer America Corp. 1997-1998
c:\windows\INF\acerusb.inf
File size: 1765 bytes.
No version information.
***NOTE: I have 5 USB ports available on my system, and I think that one or
two other devices use USB (like a sound control on my keyboard). I believe
that is why I have two serial bus controllers. I have seen USB 4-port hub
configurations where one plugs into the other, giving a total of 7 free
ports.
Class: Universal serial bus controller
Device: USB Root Hub
No resources used.
Device drivers:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys
File size: 27184 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.2019
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998
Class: Universal serial bus controller
Device: Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
Resources:
IRQ: 11
I/O: 8800h-881Fh
Device drivers:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\uhcd.sys
File size: 25744 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.2000
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998
c:\windows\system32\drivers\usbd.sys
File size: 17616 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.2019
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999
c:\windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys
File size: 27184 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.2019
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998
Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
Device: Communications Port (COM2)
Resources:
IRQ: 03
I/O: 02F8h-02FFh
Device drivers:
c:\windows\SYSTEM\serial.vxd
File size: 18625 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1998
c:\windows\SYSTEM\serialui.dll
File size: 12048 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1993-1999
Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
Device: Communications Port (COM1)
Resources:
IRQ: 04
I/O: 03F8h-03FFh
Device drivers:
c:\windows\SYSTEM\serial.vxd
File size: 18625 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1998
c:\windows\SYSTEM\serialui.dll
File size: 12048 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1993-1999
Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
Device: Printer Port (LPT1)
Resources:
IRQ: 07
I/O: 0378h-037Fh
Device drivers:
c:\windows\SYSTEM\lpt.vxd
File size: 35572 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1998
Class: Mouse
Device: HID-compliant mouse
No resources used.
Device drivers:
c:\windows\SYSTEM\mouhid.sys
File size: 10099 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1988-1998
c:\windows\SYSTEM\mouse.drv
File size: 7712 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 9.01.0.000
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1990-1995
c:\windows\SYSTEM\msmouse.vxd
File size: 15809 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1988-1998
Class: Hard disk controllers
Device: Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Resources:
IRQ: 15
I/O: 0170h-0177h
I/O: 0376h-0376h
I/O: 8848h-884Fh
Class: Hard disk controllers
Device: Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Resources:
IRQ: 14
I/O: 01F0h-01F7h
I/O: 03F6h-03F6h
I/O: 8840h-8847h
Class: Hard disk controllers
Device: Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Resources:
IRQ: 14
IRQ: 15
I/O: 01F0h-01F7h
I/O: 03F6h-03F6h
I/O: 0170h-0177h
I/O: 0376h-0376h
I/O: 8840h-884Fh
Class: Floppy disk controllers
Device: Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Resources:
IRQ: 06
I/O: 03F0h-03F5h
I/O: 03F7h-03F7h
DMA: 02
Class: Display adapters
Device: XPERT 98 (English)
Resources:
IRQ: 09
I/O: 03B0h-03BBh
I/O: 03C0h-03DFh
I/O: 7000h-70FFh
MEM: 000A0000h-000AFFFFh
MEM: 000B0000h-000BFFFFh
MEM: 81000000h-81FFFFFFh
MEM: 80100000h-80100FFFh
MEM: 000C0000h-000C7FFFh
MEM: 80120000h-8013FFFFh
Class: CDROM
Device: HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-2500
No resources used.
Class: Monitors
Device: Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 70 (TF-7700P)
No resources used.
Class: Modem
Device: Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
Resources:
IRQ: 09
I/O: 03E8h-03EFh
Class: System Devices
Device: IO read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator
No resources used.
Class: System Devices
Device: Intel 82443BX Pentium(r) II Processor to AGP controller
Resources:
I/O: 7000h-7FFFh
MEM: 80100000h-820FFFFFh
Class: System Devices
Device: Intel 82443BX Pentium(r) II Processor to PCI bridge (with GART
support
Resources:
MEM: E0000000h-E3FFFFFFh
Class: System devices
Device: Intel 82371EB Power Management Controller
No resources used.
Class: System devices
Device: Intel 82371EB PCI to ISA bridge (ISA mode)
No resources used.
Device drivers:
c:\windows\SYSTEM\isapnp.vxd
File size: 21281 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1988-1998
Class: System devices
Device: Motherboard resources
Resources:
I/O: 0440h-047Fh
I/O: 0800h-080Fh
I/O: 04D0h-04D1h
I/O: 0295h-0296h
MEM: 00000000h-0009FFFFh
MEM: 000E0000h-000FFFFFh
MEM: FFFE0000h-FFFFFFFFh
MEM: 00100000h-00FFFFFFh
MEM: 01000000h-07FFFFFFh
Class: System devices
Device: System CMOS/real time clock
Resources:
IRQ: 08
I/O: 0070h-0073h
Class: System devices
Device: Numeric data processor
Resources:
IRQ: 13
I/O: 00F0h-00FFh
Class: System devices
Device: System speaker
Resources:
I/O: 0061h-0061h
Class: System devices
Device: System timer
Resources:
IRQ: 00
I/O: 0040h-0043h
Class: System devices
Device: Direct memory access controller
Resources:
I/O: 0000h-000Fh
I/O: 0081h-008Fh
I/O: 00C0h-00DFh
DMA: 04
Class: System devices
Device: Programmable interrupt controller
Resources:
IRQ: 02
I/O: 0020h-0021h
I/O: 00A0h-00A1h
Class: System devices
Device: PCI bus
Resources:
I/O: 0CF8h-0CFFh
Device drivers:
c:\windows\SYSTEM\pci.vxd
File size: 359 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1988-1998
c:\windows\SYSTEM\pcimp.pci
File size: 15744 bytes.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 4.10.1998
Copyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1995-1998
Class: System devices
Device: ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
Resources:
IRQ: 11
Class: System devices
Device: ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
Resources:
IRQ: 05
Class: System devices
Device: ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
Resources:
IRQ: 10
Class: System devices
Device: ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
Resources:
IRQ: 09
Class: System devices
Device: ACPI System Button
No resources used.
Class: System devices
Device: Composite Power Source
No resources used.
Class: System devices
Device: SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
Resources:
IRQ: 09
Class: System devices
Device: System board
No resources used.
Class: System devices
Device: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS
No resources used.
Class: System devices
Device: Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
No resources used.
Class: Keyboard
Device: HID-compliant keyboard
No resources used.
Class: Keyboard
Device: Acer Aspire Generic USB keyboard
No resources used.
Class: Keyboard
Device: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Resources:
IRQ: 01
IRQ: 12
I/O: 0060h-0060h
I/O: 0064h-0064h
Class: Network adapters
Device: 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
Resources:
IRQ: 10
I/O: 8000h-807Fh
MEM: 82110000h-8211007Fh
Class: Network adapters
Device: Dial-up Adapter
No resources used.
Class: Human Interface Devices
Device: HID-compliant device
No resources used.
Class: Human Interface Devices
Device: HID-compliant system control device
No resources used.
Class: Human Interface Devices
Device: HID-compliant consumer control device
No resources used.
Class: Human Interface Devices
Device: Acer Aspire USB Mouse
No resources used.
Class: Human Interface Devices
Device: Acer Aspire Magic Button Device
No resources used.
Class: Disk drives
Device: GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE02
No resources used.
Class: Disk drives
Device: GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK
No resources used.
Class: Sound, video and game controllers
Device: Microsoft Kernel System Renderer
No resources used.
Class: Sound, video and game controllers
Device: Gameport Joystick
Resources:
I/O: 0200h-0203h
Class: Sound, video and game controllers
Device: ESS Solo-1 SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM)
Resources:
IRQ: 05
I/O: 0220h-022Fh
I/O: 0388h-038Bh
I/O: 0330h-0331h
DMA: 01
Class: Sound, video and game controllers
Device: ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
Resources:
IRQ: 05
I/O: 80C0h-80FFh
I/O: 8400h-840Fh
I/O: 8440h-844Fh
I/O: 8480h-8483h
I/O: 84C0h-84C3h
Class: Printer
Device: HP Laserjet 4
No resources used.
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