From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263928AbUE3ODf (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2004 10:03:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263932AbUE3ODe (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2004 10:03:34 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:60033 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263928AbUE3ODd (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2004 10:03:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 16:03:50 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Eduard Bloch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: keyboard problem with 2.6.6 Message-ID: <20040530140350.GA2053@ucw.cz> References: <20040530111847.GA1377@ucw.cz> <20040530124353.GB1496@ucw.cz> <20040530135445.GA7571@zombie.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040530135445.GA7571@zombie.inka.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 03:54:45PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Moin Vojtech! > > Vojtech Pavlik schrieb am Sonntag, den 30. Mai 2004: > > > > Vojtech> Of course, unless you create a device that can use it, > > > Vojtech> but in that case you can easily write a kernel driver for > > > Vojtech> it. > > > > > > How about the PS/2 mouse port? It's not just for mice. There ARE > > > implementations using it for other things: touchpad, touchscreen, etc. > > > > All simulate a mouse. Some have somewhat extended protocols, but those > > protocols are still bound by mouse packet constraints, because the > > controllers tend to do nasty things to the data passing through, like > > merging input from multiple devices together into one stream by summing > > the packets, etc. > > Who says that merging (as it is currently done) is the best way to do? I definitely don't. But many notebooks do that in hardware. My point was that it's not always possible to transfer arbitrary data over the PS/2 port - it's not a general purpose serial port. > For examle, I wish to create two terminals with my system, using two > monitors (on dual-head video card), two keyboards and two mices. I can > do the first part (X manages it well) but not beeing able to use > different input devices for different users simply SUCKS. > But http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/ lets me hope. I wrote most of the input handling in that project. It's what is in 2.6 now. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR