This is a follow-up to the issue reported in bug #9109, where the mouse
and keyboard ports are not available for use as generic serial ports
when the system is configured with no framebuffer, when using the
GENERIC kernel.

I just tried this with 1.5 ALPHA_2, and find that the mouse port is now
usable as a serial port.  Looking in syssrc/sys/arch/pmax/tc/scc.c, I
see that there appears to be the following test for a framebuffer
console in scc_mouse_init()

if (major(cn_tab->cn_dev) != RCONSDEV)

which bypasses the call to MouseInit().

Might the same test be done in scc_kbd_init() before calling KBDReset()?

I'm in the process of downloading source to try this myself, but I'd
appreciate some guidance as to the appropriateness of this "fix".

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Philip J. Tait.....Honeywell, Phoenix, Az...pjt@phxlab.honeywell.com