Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:04:46 -0700 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> To: Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long) Message-ID: <42BB23EE.8080502@savvis.net> In-Reply-To: <20050623195633.GA1187@galgenberg.net> References: <42BAFE37.4080504@savvis.net> <20050623195633.GA1187@galgenberg.net>
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Ulrich, >>- kbdmux model: kbdmux(4) is "super-keyboard" driver that consumes >>input (raw scancodes) from slave keyboards. the side effect is that >>_all_ keyboards attached to the kbdmux share the _same_ state. >>basically user can press ctrl on one keyboard and "C" on another >>keyboard and it still will work. is that good enough? > > In one way this is cool, in another way, I'm wondering: What if I had > two keyboards with different layouts (one DE, one US). Will I be able to > set up the correct keymap for both keyboards and will they work like > they should? unfortunately it is not possible right now. kbdmux(4) is equivalent to _one_ keyboard with lots of duplicated keys. and you can only have one layout per keyboard. thanks, max
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