1 .\" $Id: kbdmux.4,v 1.1 2005/07/14 20:32:10 max Exp $
2 .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/kbdmux.4,v 1.5 2006/05/17 09:33:06 phk Exp $
9 .Nd "keyboard multiplexer"
11 To compile this driver into the kernel,
12 place the following line in your
13 kernel configuration file:
14 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
18 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
19 module at boot time, place the following line in
21 .Bd -literal -offset indent
26 .\".Pa /boot/device.hints :
27 .\".Cd hint.kbdmux.0.disabled="1"
31 keyboard driver provides support for basic keyboard multiplexing.
32 It is built around the idea of a
33 .Dq "super keyboard" .
37 acts as a master keyboard consuming input from all slave keyboards attached to
40 Slave keyboards can be attached to or detached from the
42 keyboard driver with the
53 keyboard driver switches all slave keyboards into
56 Thus all slave keyboards attached to the
58 keyboard share the same state.
61 keyboard is logically equivalent to one keyboard with lots of duplicated keys.
65 module was implemented in
71 .An Maksim Yevmenkin Aq Mt m_evmenkin@yahoo.com