Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:39:36 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: cokane@cokane.org Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/kbdmux kbdmux.c Message-ID: <44054FB8.5010707@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <346a80220602282337n3a2786c1qf4f9358fa6be73d4@mail.gmail.com> References: <200602252159.k1PLxT8G036312@repoman.freebsd.org> <4400D478.7060707@samsco.org> <bb4a86c70602251443i13879a2cw979596c60b86cd70@mail.gmail.com> <20060227194350.A57612@newtrinity.zeist.de> <bb4a86c70602271433g6a546df1iba2bbc9719039640@mail.gmail.com> <864q2j5voi.fsf@xps.des.no> <346a80220602282337n3a2786c1qf4f9358fa6be73d4@mail.gmail.com>
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Coleman Kane wrote: > On 2/28/06, *Dag-Erling Smørgrav* <des@des.no <mailto:des@des.no>> wrote: > > "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com > <mailto:maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com>> writes: > > we should make a decision which scancodes keyboard drivers should be > > returning and change kbdmux(4), syscons(4) etc. to support it. > > > > until then, i'm afraid, sun rs232 and powerpc adb keyboard drivers > > will have to translate their own scancodes into at scancodes (just > > like ukbd(4) does). > > Considering that ukbd(4) is the only kbd driver that runs on all > platforms, it might make sense to have all other drivers translate > their scancodes to ukbd(4) scancodes and use that in kbdmux(4) and > syscons(4). > > > I agree, especially since atkbdc's are rapidly being replaced by USB on > the platforms they were made for. > Long term, yes, but what is the risk/benefit of doing this for 6.1? Scott
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