From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 10:16:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BAF616A41C for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:16:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D63743D1F for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:16:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd33.aul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1DllEi-0001yA-00; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:16:36 +0200 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (SUkIQyZYoefN8FbZBFhhe9ZP1A0Vhgjz2hvCohUm9mcGVjSWU6JFUG@[84.165.242.215]) by fwd33.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1DllEM-1WJDxw0; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:16:14 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5OAG5ap059340; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:16:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from 141.113.101.32 ([141.113.101.32]) by netchild.homeip.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:16:05 +0200 Message-ID: <20050624121605.2hbklt7q4gkssg0o@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:16:05 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Marcel Moolenaar References: <42BAFE37.4080504@savvis.net> <20050623201244.GA4184@ns1.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20050623201244.GA4184@ns1.xcllnt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-ID: SUkIQyZYoefN8FbZBFhhe9ZP1A0Vhgjz2hvCohUm9mcGVjSWU6JFUG@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 6e4aa274-9f22-4a44-9348-eccb7821e8ae Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:16:38 -0000 Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> - need comments/input from "non-intel" folks; > > make that non-i386... > > This won't be useful on ia64 because syscons doesn't work there and > I don't plan to try to makee it work there ever. I'm working on a > replacement where the multiplexing of the keyboard (as well as the > graphics adapter) is inherently part of the framework. In particular, > the user will be able to control how input and output devices get > multiplexed and/or untied into seperate consoles. This all goes beyond > what you're doing, so don't worry about it. Philip has a little bit of code regarding a generic input layer (at least for pointer devices), see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2004-November/003175.html for a very short overview of what he want's to achieve. Maybe it's beneficial to talk with him. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. -- Kin Hubbard, "Abe Martin's Sayings"