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Subject: Re: request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long)
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Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> writes:


>
> - 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?
>

One example where really don't want that behavior is a notebook with a
extra "numlook keyboard" basically a simple usb keyboard only with the
num block. Some keybord map the num block to letter keys if in num
mode.

Arne