Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:48:45 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <current@dino.sk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: kbdmux(4) is in both HEAD and RELENG_6 Message-ID: <200603062248.47937.current@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <4408E4E9.1010705@savvis.net> References: <4408E4E9.1010705@savvis.net>
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On Saturday 04 March 2006 01:52, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > Dear Hackers, > > kbdmux(4) is now fully integrated into HEAD and RELENG_6. please give it > a try and let us know if you have any problems. > Great news - and it works. I did a test with fresh build from cvsupped sources today morning, rebuild everything and it works on my TabletPC TC1000. Many thanks, I think this is a must for every notebook/similar device user. > there is one more cosmetic change that i'd like to get in. please take a > look at the following patch > > http://people.freebsd.org/~emax/kbdmux-etc.diff.txt > > (freefall:~emax/kbdmux-etc.diff.txt) > > the idea is to add new 'setkeyboard' method to the /etc/rc.d/syscons. it > accepts the keyboard device name (i.e. /dev/kbd0). this method will do > nothing is kbdmux(4) is the current active keyboard, otherwise it will > switch active keyboard as requested. the ukbd(4) entries in the > /etc/devd.conf are modified to use /etc/rc.d/syscons and new > 'setkeyboard' method. basically, imo, this should make it consistent for > both kbdmux and non-kbdmux cases. > I test only the kbdmux case, it works with built-in side buttons (atkbd technically, some hacking necessary, maybe, to get all buttons work), detachable USB keyboard, and with PS/2 keyboard connected via USB-PS/2 convertor. Big thanks. Milan
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