Ceri Davies wrote:
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:39:36AM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
Coleman Kane wrote:
On 2/28/06, *Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>> wrote:
"Maksim Yevmenkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes:
> we should make a decision which scancodes keyboard drivers should be
> returning and change kbdmux(4), syscons(4) etc. to support it.
>
> until then, i'm afraid, sun rs232 and powerpc adb keyboard drivers
> will have to translate their own scancodes into at scancodes (just
> like ukbd(4) does).
Considering that ukbd(4) is the only kbd driver that runs on all
platforms, it might make sense to have all other drivers translate
their scancodes to ukbd(4) scancodes and use that in kbdmux(4) and
syscons(4).
I agree, especially since atkbdc's are rapidly being replaced by USB on
the platforms they were made for.
Long term, yes, but what is the risk/benefit of doing this for 6.1?
If it doesn't work, we look like bloody idiots. 6.2 isn't that far
away, I'd think that anybody could manage waiting for it a little more
(especially if it goes into RELENG_6 just after the 6.1 branch).
The above not to be taken as a comment on the change, on which I am not
informed enough to hold an opinion.
Can we have it all set, built in to GENERIC, but the device hint set to
disabled? Lots of systems, Dell PowerEdge and similar, come with a
remote access card, which uses a USB tie in. The only way I've found to
make the console keyboard work after initial install, is to boot single
user, hack /etc/devd.conf, and reboot, which is really ugly. Many
FreeBSD users get stuck with this, so it would be very nice to have a
quick way to enable the kbdmux at loader time for 6.1, but if it goes in
right after, I'm not going to cry. :)
Thanks again Maksim for all the work on this!
Eric
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