Re: PS/2 deprecation situation

On July 19, 2026 3:31:26 PM GMT+03:00, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:
>On 19/07/2026 01:23, Tomoaki AOKI wrote:
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>[..]
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>> The point of the deprecation notice is to make FreeBSD kernel
>> "Giant Lock Free", and almost all others are fixed (IIRC, mostly
>> devices on non-ISA buses) or removed (IIRC, mostly ISA bus only
>> and old, unused devices). Actual deletions would mean "OK,
>> this is too hard to fix and no one states using it on polls.
>> Let's remove!".
>
>Maybe I missed some polls, but I am writing this e-mail on my 20+ years old Chicony Ergonomic PS/2 keyboard. I am not planning to replace it if it works, but I understand that most keyboards are USB or BT in these days.
>
>> IIRC, Warner and some others are still trying to fix PS/2
>> device drivers but in relatively lower priorities compared
>> to his / their other works.
>Thanks to Warner and others.
>
>Best regards
>Miroslav Lachman
>


ehm, in my lab i have keyboard from unknown year, but around when i still pissed myself. if not earlier. used via din5 to ps/2 adapter

in short: it's very old

i'm not surprised it being still working when i start to piss myself again. probably via converter or on old hw

i'm born in 1983

so yeah, keyboards age well, a true generation from gradle to grave technology