From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 25 14:43:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7AA115185 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:43:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01210; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:38:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908252138.OAA01210@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Steve Passe Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboard + custom keypad. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:13:03 MDT." <199908250113.TAA35576@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:38:08 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi, > > I need to add a keypad to a product in development that will co-exist > with the standard keyboard. It will be a fairly dumb pad capable of generating > the equivalent of function keys F1 thru F8. The desired goals are: > > invisible to the syscons driver (and thus X11). > works in parallel (ie. simultaniously) with the keyboard. > > Looking over the kbd/atkbd/atkbdc/syscons source I havn't yet "seen" > a clear strategy for cleanly hooking into the existing code. Any suggestions? > I also could use a pointer to any docs out there that describe the structure > behind this new bus organization, and the keyboard drivers in particular! You could just design the pad using a "keyboard wedge" so that it lives on the same bus as the keyboard. This is well-understood tech that's been used for years for things like barcode scanners... -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message