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Date:      Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:50:00 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Bram Van Steenlandt <brampie@no-wackos.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Two keyboards
Message-ID:  <20050121175000.GA28384@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <41F0CF6D.6010907@no-wackos.com>
References:  <41F0CF6D.6010907@no-wackos.com>

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On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:46:21AM +0100, Bram Van Steenlandt wrote:
> Hi
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> For a pos system I am working on I need support for two keyboards=20
> (actually one keyboard(ps/2) and one scanner(usb)).
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> I've read a previous post and there it was supposed that one should=20
> write a driver to accomplish this.
> I am not a C programmer and know far to little from FreeBSD to=20
> accomplish this.
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> So I ask you, Isn't there a much easier way (other operating systems=20
> seem to have no problem with this)?

Other OSes have the intrastructure to support multiple keyboards.  We
don't have one piece of that, the many to one keyboard mux.

-- Brooks

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