cvs commit: src/sys/dev/kbd kbd.c src/sys/dev/syscons syscons.c

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

On 2/28/06, Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:
> Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> > emax        2006-02-28 23:46:23 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/kbd          kbd.c
> >     sys/dev/syscons      syscons.c
> >   Log:
> >   Integrate kbdmux(4) into syscons(4) and kbd code.
> >
> >   By default syscons(4) will look for the kbdmux(4) keyboard first, and then,
> >   if not found, look for any keyboard.
> >
> >   Current kbd code is modified so if kbdmux(4) is the current keyboard, all
> >   new keyboards are automatically added to the kbdmux(4).
> >
> >   Switch to kbdmux(4) can be done at boot time, by loading kbdmux module at
> >   the loader prompt, or at runtime, by kldload'ing the kbdmux module and
> >   releasing current active keyboard.
> >
> >   If, for whatever reason, kbdmux(4) is not required/desired then just do
> >   not load it and everything should work as before. It is also possible to
> >   kldunload kbdmux at runtime and syscons(4) will automatically switch to
> >   the first available keyboard.
> >
> >   No response from:       freebsd-current@
> >   MFC after:              1 day
> >
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.45      +24 -0     src/sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c
> >   1.442     +42 -4     src/sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c
>
> Ultimately I would like to see this enabled by default so that
> everything 'just works', but with a way to easily disable it in case
> something goes wrong.  Would that be possible?

right now i can think of two ways to make it enabled by default:

1) add 'device kbdmux' to the kernel config (or even make it required)

2) set kbdmux_load to "YES" somewhere in loader.* files (somewhat
similar to acpi).

with option (2) above it would be easy to disable, i.e. just do

unset kdbmux_load

at loader command prompt or loader.rc

thanks,
max


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