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Re: [PATCH 2/4] Accept Both ESC and F8 as user interrupt keys
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Lennart Sorensen |
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Re: [PATCH 2/4] Accept Both ESC and F8 as user interrupt keys |
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Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:56:31 -0400 |
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 04:50:26PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> On most Bay Trail, Cherry Trail and Apollo Lake devices the ESC key is
> the hotkey to enter the BIOS/EFI setup screen.
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> This makes it hard for the user to show the grub-menu when it is hidden
> and a short timeout is used, because pressing ESC too early leads to the
> user entering the BIOS/EFI setup screen.
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> F8 is (almost?) always free (on X86/PC platforms) as Windows uses this for
> its boot menu, so also accept F8 as interrupt/show-menu key. As an added
> advantage this is also more discoverable / easier for users coming from
> Windows.
I have seen F8 and F12 used as boot menu keys on many systems. I would
not consider it usually free. Maybe it has become less common after
windows started using it, but it isn't that unusual. ASUS seems to be
a major user of F8 for boot menu. Not exactly an uncommon system board.
Some Lenovo desktops also use F8 for the boot menu.
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Len Sorensen
[PATCH 4/4] EFI: Do not set text-mode until we actually need it, Hans de Goede, 2018/03/28
[PATCH 3/4] Optionally print less messages at boot, Hans de Goede, 2018/03/28
Re: [PATCH 0/4] Make hidden menu really hidden, Daniel Kiper, 2018/03/28