Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:04:26 +0800 (CST) From: Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> To: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months Message-ID: <04120613590712.22997@www.mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <20041202211601.GA12673@just.puresimplicity.net> References: <20041202002939.GA2834@ns1.xcllnt.net> <16815.31852.46550.983276@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20041202211601.GA12673@just.puresimplicity.net>
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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Josh Tolbert wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 03:34:52PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: >> Marcel Moolenaar writes: >> >>> > 1. Keyboard multiplexer. >>> >>> I actually fail to stop thinking about a complete syscons and >>> pcvt replacement. You know, the one and only console >>> implementation that makes all others obsolete. Big plans, little >>> time, yada yada yada... >> >> As long as we're talking about keyboards ... may I add "Get the >> boot code to recognize USB keyboards." >> (Unless this has already happened and I missed the meno. >> Again.) >> >> >> Robert Huff > > As long as we're talking about keyboards, re-vamping the console driver, etc., > can something be done with psm? FreeBSD is the only OS that requires me to > pass flags to psm to get my mouse to behave properly on my KVM switch, and the > flag I use (0x200) forces "true" PS/2 mode, disabling the wheel and such. > > Granted, the only other OSes I've had on KVM switches with FreeBSD machines > are Windows, Linux and OS/X, but it still seems like something's amiss with > psm. > > Thanks, > Josh Agreed. That's exactly the same workaround I have to apply on my device.hints. Without 0x200, my PS/2 mouse doesn't work with the Lextek ConsoleManager Smart KVM Switch. kbdc: TEST_AUX_PORT status:0000 kbdc: RESET_AUX return code:00fa kbdc: RESET_AUX status:00aa kbdc: RESET_AUX ID:0000 And yes, Linux/Windoze doesn't need any tweaking to get such combination work....
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