Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:45:44 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Maksim Yevmenkin <emax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/kbd kbd.c src/sys/dev/syscons syscons.c Message-ID: <4404FCC8.5070907@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200602282346.k1SNkNHq073716@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200602282346.k1SNkNHq073716@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > emax 2006-02-28 23:46:23 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/dev/kbd kbd.c > sys/dev/syscons syscons.c > Log: > Integrate kbdmux(4) into syscons(4) and kbd code. > > By default syscons(4) will look for the kbdmux(4) keyboard first, and then, > if not found, look for any keyboard. > > Current kbd code is modified so if kbdmux(4) is the current keyboard, all > new keyboards are automatically added to the kbdmux(4). > > Switch to kbdmux(4) can be done at boot time, by loading kbdmux module at > the loader prompt, or at runtime, by kldload'ing the kbdmux module and > releasing current active keyboard. > > If, for whatever reason, kbdmux(4) is not required/desired then just do > not load it and everything should work as before. It is also possible to > kldunload kbdmux at runtime and syscons(4) will automatically switch to > the first available keyboard. > > No response from: freebsd-current@ > MFC after: 1 day > > Revision Changes Path > 1.45 +24 -0 src/sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c > 1.442 +42 -4 src/sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c Ultimately I would like to see this enabled by default so that everything 'just works', but with a way to easily disable it in case something goes wrong. Would that be possible? Scott
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