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diff --git a/share/man/man4/kbdmux.4 b/share/man/man4/kbdmux.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb8d591 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/kbdmux.4 @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.\" $Id: kbdmux.4,v 1.1 2005/07/14 20:32:10 max Exp $ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 12, 2005 +.Os +.Dt kbdmux 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm kbdmux +.Nd keyboard multiplexer +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd device kbdmux +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +keyboard driver provides support for basic keyboard multiplexer. +It is built around the idea of +.Dq super keyboard , +that is +.Nm +is a keyboard that consumes input from all slave keyboards attached to it. +.Pp +Slave keyboards can be attached to or detached from the +.Nm +keyboard driver with +.Xr kbdcontrol 1 +utility. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kbdcontrol 1 , +.Xr atkbd 4 , +.Xr pcvt 4 , +.Xr syscons 4 , +.Xr ukbd 4 +.Sh CAVEAT +The +.Nm +keyboard driver switches all slave keyboards into +.Dv K_RAW +mode. +Thus all slave keyboards attached to the +.Nm +keyboard share the same state. +The +.Nm +keyboard is logically equivalent to one keyboard with lots of duplicated keys. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +module was implemented in +.Fx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Maksim Yevmenkin Aq m_evmenkin@yahoo.com |