> Hi, > > I need to add a keypad to a product in development that will co-exist > with the standard keyboard. It will be a fairly dumb pad capable of > generating > the equivalent of function keys F1 thru F8. The desired goals are: > > invisible to the syscons driver (and thus X11). > works in parallel (ie. simultaniously) with the keyboard. > > Looking over the kbd/atkbd/atkbdc/syscons source I havn't yet "seen" > a clear strategy for cleanly hooking into the existing code. Any suggestions? > I also could use a pointer to any docs out there that describe the structure > behind this new bus organization, and the keyboard drivers in particular!
You could just design the pad using a "keyboard wedge" so that it lives on the same bus as the keyboard. This is well-understood tech that's been used for years for things like barcode scanners... -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
