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From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.hda.com>
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Subject: Re: uh oh - after 4 -> 4.2 cvsup, no keyboard. any ideas?
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> 
> >:If the flags 0x100 is specified to syscons (this is now default in
> >:GENERIC), syscons should revert to the AT keyboard when the USB
> >:keyboard has gone.
> >:
> >:Kazu
> >
> >    ok...  so if we remove 'flags 0x1' from atkbd0, and leave
> >    'flags 0x100' on sc0, and add an entry to /etc/usbd.conf to
> >    transfer control to the USB keyboard, then we will be ok?  Or not?
> 
> Yes, it should be OK. But, I have to check several things before we go
> committing things.  IIRC, currently USB keyboards (for that matter,
> the AT keyboard too) don't have explicit /dev entries. We need to add
> them, otherwise usbd and kbdcontrol won't be able to refer to the
> newly attached USB keyboard.

To work properly it has to be done at a lower level than usbd, you want
it working when you boot into ddb.  USB keyboards do have /dev
entries, I have a cordless USB keyboard, I've been doing this insufficient
hack at boot:

if [ -c /dev/kbd1 ]; then
    cp /dev/null /dev/kbd1 2> /dev/null

    if [ $? = 0 ]; then
        /usr/sbin/kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1
    fi
fi

which works for me especially since I just leave a second keyboard plugged
into it.  Yes, I know this is no solution.

I assume there was a problem with leaving both keyboards enabled and
mixing the input?  That would work for me.

Peter

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