On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Colin Wood wrote:

> Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > Moving the mouse anytime after booting begins, actually. I usually
> > have to start the boot with Command-B, to ensure that it will continue
> > uninterrupted. There's been a pr open on this for a long time (2568),
> > but there doesn't seem to be much going on with it.
> 
> I believe that we have all interrupts enabled for much of the boot
> process, and so we're probably picking up stray ADB packets.  I believe
> you're both using the HWDIRECT driver, right?  Do you see the same
> behavior under the MRG driver?  If not, then perhaps there is something
> else that needs to be cleared by the HWDIRECT driver...

Yes, I am using HWDIRECT, and no, MRG kernels are not affected! I just
built one, and I was able to move the mouse constantly during the boot
without failing.