Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 01:03:24 -0000 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net> To: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long) Message-ID: <1130461371.1345.2.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <863br87fhe.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> References: <42BAFE37.4080504@savvis.net> <863br87fhe.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org>
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On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 02:42 +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> writes: > > > > > > - 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? > > > > One example where really don't want that behavior is a notebook with a > extra "numlook keyboard" basically a simple usb keyboard only with the > num block. Some keybord map the num block to letter keys if in num > mode. > > Arne > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Actually, previous version of the mux switched keypad into numeric mode and left main keyboard on the laptop in its original state. I did not get a chance to try new one yet. FWIW, -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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