request for comments: kbdmux(4) (long)

[Alexander Leidinger]

Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at xcllnt.net> wrote:

>> - need comments/input from "non-intel" folks;
>
> make that non-i386...
>
> This won't be useful on ia64 because syscons doesn't work there and
> I don't plan to try to makee it work there ever. I'm working on a
> replacement where the multiplexing of the keyboard (as well as the
> graphics adapter) is inherently part of the framework. In particular,
> the user will be able to control how input and output devices get
> multiplexed and/or untied into seperate consoles. This all goes beyond
> what you're doing, so don't worry about it.

Philip has a little bit of code regarding a generic input layer (at least for
pointer devices), see
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2004-November/003175.html
for a very short overview of what he want's to achieve. Maybe it's
beneficial to talk with him.

Bye,
Alexander.

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