Re: request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long)

From: Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein_at_informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:56:33 +0200
On Thu, 23.06.2005 at 11:23:51 -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> - 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?

Ulrich Spoerlein
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