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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:06:12 -0800
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbdmux(4) and devd(8)
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:27:35PM -0800, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> Dear Hackers,
> 
> any comments/objections/etc. to the following devd.conf patch? the idea 
> is to prevent devd(8) from trying to switch keyboards when kbdmux(4) is 
> the default keyboard.
> 
> the 'attach' action will fail anyway, however, the 'detach' action may 
> succeed (if /dev/kbd0 is not is the kbdmux(4)).

This seems OK if a bit ugly to me.  Another idea might be to add some
new methods to /etc/rc.d/syscons (or create a new keyboard management
script) to hide the logic there.

-- Brooks