From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jan 20 13:39:54 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8A637B401 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:39:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796F043EB2 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:39:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h0KLdm1e077466; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:39:49 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:38:56 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20030120.143856.39770089.imp@bsdimp.com> To: nsouch@free.fr Cc: marcel@xcllnt.net, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbusifying kbd? From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20030120222538.B1263@armor.fastether> References: <20030119233031.GA24377@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030119.172331.11474060.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030120222538.B1263@armor.fastether> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: <20030120222538.B1263@armor.fastether> Nicolas Souchu writes: : On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:23:31PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: : > : Anyway: this is beyond just newbusification... : > : > We can't support the various PCMCIA/CardBus docking stations easily in : > FreeBSD right now because kbd and other 'basic' things haven't been : > newbusified. : > : > Maybe we should just do a wscons port, now that it has shown its use : > in NetBSD. wscons is very portable, but a little less user friendly : > than syscons. syscons gives a better user experience, but tends to be : > a little x86 centric. : : But does wscons offer dynamic allocation as needed for CardBus docking? I think so, but I've not checked exactly. : Would wscons make kbd disapear? Or is it more than syscons? Well, "wscons" is a collection of interfaces that various devices provide. These include many different keyboard drivers, many different screen drivers, and many differnet mouse drivers. Wanrer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message