Re: multiple independent keyboard kernel support

[Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans@geograph.co.za>]

Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

>On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 01:28:25PM +0200, Zoltan Szecsei wrote:
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>>Hi All,
>>The archives & FAQs on this subject stop at December 2003. Google not 
>>much help either (prob. due to my keyword choices)
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>>I gather the only way to do this is via the ruby patch.
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>>(When) Will there ever be native kernel (and maybe XFree) support for 
>>multiple independent keyboards?
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>The kernel console is unlikely to ever going to have that - noone is
>interested in changing the console subsystem.
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Ah, rats! :-(

>The current state of input device support in the kernel, however, allows
>any userspace program to access them independently, including keyboards.
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>That means multi-user X and possibly a userspace console implementation
>(Jon Smirl is planning one) has no barriers in the kernel input device
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Do you have an email address so that I can keep in touch with him?

>implementation keeping it from proceeding.
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>The problems with multiple VGA cards, etc, are much harder to solve,
>though.
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That's a surprise - barring the keyboard issue, I thought I was close to 
getting it working on my SuSE 9.3 using 2 mice, onboard 915G graphics 
and an old TSENG Labs ET6000.
Maybe I had further to go than I realised :-(

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>>The ruby patch seems to also only have discussions older than 18 months.
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>>Has there really been no progress in the last 18 months?
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>>I would prefer to see "official and permanent" support for this as then 
>>when HW & drivers & kernels develop in the future, this capability will 
>>always be (immediately) available - and not have to wait for patches.
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>Many people would like that. But not many enough to make it happen, at
>least not until now.
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Ah cool - there's hope - any pointers on how I can get a counter or 
lobby group going?  :-)

Thanks for taking time to reply.

Cheers,
Z


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