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Date:      Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:04:46 -0700
From:      Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net>
To:        Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long)
Message-ID:  <42BB23EE.8080502@savvis.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050623195633.GA1187@galgenberg.net>
References:  <42BAFE37.4080504@savvis.net> <20050623195633.GA1187@galgenberg.net>

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Ulrich,

>>- kbdmux model: kbdmux(4) is "super-keyboard" driver that consumes 
>>input (raw scancodes) from slave keyboards. the side effect is that 
>>_all_ keyboards attached to the kbdmux share the _same_ state. 
>>basically user can press ctrl on one keyboard and "C" on another 
>>keyboard and it still will work. is that good enough?
> 
> In one way this is cool, in another way, I'm wondering: What if I had
> two keyboards with different layouts (one DE, one US). Will I be able to
> set up the correct keymap for both keyboards and will they work like
> they should?

unfortunately it is not possible right now. kbdmux(4) is equivalent to 
_one_ keyboard with lots of duplicated keys. and you can only have one 
layout per keyboard.

thanks,
max



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