sparc64/96798: sunkbd does not support "kbdcontrol -k"

[Andrew Grillet]

>Number:         96798
>Category:       sparc64
>Synopsis:       sunkbd does not support "kbdcontrol -k"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-sparc64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 04 20:10:10 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew Grillet
>Release:        6.1-RC1
>Organization:
Grillet Family
>Environment:
too difficult to do, but in essence, local compile of FreeBSD 6.1-RC on Sparc64 (An Ultra60) done 3 May 2006 with latest cvsup.
>Description:
I have a usb keyboard and a Sun keyboard. The Sun keyboard works, but the USB one doesn't. (On the version of FreeBSD 5.4 installed on a different partition, the USB keyboard does work.)

I tried to deselect the sun keyboard with
kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0
and the error message says
sunkbd0, type: generic (0)
WARNING PID 549 (kbdcontrol) ioctl sign-extension ioctl ffffffff80244b45
Unable to (un)mux the keyboard - operation not supported by device

I tried using kldload to load the kbdmux, and this made no difference.

kbdcontrol -K /dev/kbd0
produces a kernel panic!

kbdcontrol -A
and
kbdcontrol -a
also do not work correctly AFAICT.



>How-To-Repeat:
Use kbdcontrol on an Ultra60 with a Sun type 5 keyboard.
>Fix:
Not known.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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