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

From: Alexandre \ <Alex.Kovalenko_at_verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 01:03:24 -0000
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 02:42 +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote:
> Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin_at_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
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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)
Received on Thu Jun 23 2005 - 23:03:24 UTC

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