request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long)
Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko
Alex.Kovalenko at verizon.net
Fri Jun 24 01:03:24 GMT 2005
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,
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Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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