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Date:      Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:38:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        nsouch@free.fr
Cc:        marcel@xcllnt.net, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbusifying kbd?
Message-ID:  <20030120.143856.39770089.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030120222538.B1263@armor.fastether>
References:  <20030119233031.GA24377@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030119.172331.11474060.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030120222538.B1263@armor.fastether>

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In message: <20030120222538.B1263@armor.fastether>
            Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@free.fr> 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

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