Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:27:30 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Bram Van Steenlandt <brampie@no-wackos.com> Subject: Re: Two keyboards Message-ID: <41F1AC02.5060704@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20050121175000.GA28384@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <41F0CF6D.6010907@no-wackos.com> <20050121175000.GA28384@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Brooks Davis wrote: >On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:46:21AM +0100, Bram Van Steenlandt wrote: > > >>Hi >> >>For a pos system I am working on I need support for two keyboards >>(actually one keyboard(ps/2) and one scanner(usb)). >> >>I've read a previous post and there it was supposed that one should >>write a driver to accomplish this. >>I am not a C programmer and know far to little from FreeBSD to >>accomplish this. >> >>So I ask you, Isn't there a much easier way (other operating systems >>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. > But that's probably not what he wants.. He probably doesn't want data from the scanner (bar code?) intermixed randomly with the data from the keyboard.. He just needs to read the device separatly. > >-- Brooks > > >
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