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If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] .TH KB 7M "Feb 26, 2004" .SH NAME kb \- keyboard STREAMS module .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf #include .fi .LP .nf #include .fi .LP .nf #include .fi .LP .nf #include .fi .LP .nf #include .fi .LP .nf #include .fi .LP .nf ioctl(fd, I_PUSH, "kb"); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP The \fBkb\fR STREAMS module processes byte streams generated by a keyboard attached to a \fBCPU\fR serial port. Definitions for altering keyboard translation and reading events from the keyboard are contained in <\fBsys/kbio.h\fR> and <\fBsys/kbd.h\fR>. .sp .LP The \fBkb\fR STREAMS module utilizes a set of keyboard tables to recognize which keys have been typed. Each translation table is an array of 128 16-bit words (\fBunsigned short\fRs). If a table entry is less than 0x100, the entry is treated as an \fBISO\fR 8859/1 character. Higher values indicate special characters that invoke more complicated actions. .SS "Keyboard Translation Mode" .sp .LP The keyboard can be in one of the following translation modes: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBTR_NONE\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n Keyboard translation is turned off and up/down key codes are reported. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBTR_ASCII\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n \fBISO\fR 8859/1 codes are reported. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBTR_EVENT\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n \fBfirm_events\fR are reported. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBTR_UNTRANS_EVENT\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n \fBfirm_events\fR containing unencoded keystation codes are reported for all input events within the window system. .RE .SS "Keyboard Translation-Table Entries" .sp .LP All instances of the \fBkb\fR module share seven translation tables that convert raw keystation codes to event values. The tables are: .sp .ne 2 .na \fBUnshifted\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is depressed and no shifts are in effect. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBShifted\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is depressed and a Shift key is held down. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBCaps Lock\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is depressed and Caps Lock is in effect. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBAlt Graph\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is depressed and the Alt Graph key is held down. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBNum Lock\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is depressed and Num Lock is in effect. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBControlled\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is depressed and the Control key is held down. (Regardless of whether a Shift key or the Alt Graph is being held down, or whether Caps Lock or Num Lock is in effect). .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBKey Up\fR .ad .RS 14n Used when a key is released. .RE .sp .LP Each key on the keyboard has a \fBkey station\fR code that represents a number from 0 to 127. The number is used as an index into the translation table that is currently in effect. If the corresponding entry in the translation table is a value from 0 to 255, the value is treated as an \fBISO\fR 8859/1 character, and the character is the result of the translation. .sp .LP If the entry in the translation table is higher than 255, it is a special entry. Special entry values are classified according to the value of the high-order bits. The high-order value for each class is defined as a constant, as shown below. When added to the constant, the value of the low-order bits distinguish between keys within each class: .sp .ne 2 .na \fBSHIFTKEYS 0x100 \fR .ad .RS 20n A shift key. The value of the particular shift key is added to determine which shift mask to apply: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBCAPSLOCK 0\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Caps Lock key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBSHIFTLOCK 1\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n "Shift Lock" key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLEFTSHIFT 2\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Left-hand Shift key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBRIGHTSHIFT 3\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Right-hand Shift key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLEFTCTRL 4\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Left-hand (or only) Control key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBRIGHTCTRL 5\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Right-hand Control key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBALTGRAPH 9\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Alt Graph key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBALT 10\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Alternate or Alt key. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBNUMLOCK 11\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Num Lock key. .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBBUCKYBITS 0x200\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Used to toggle mode-key-up/down status without altering the value of an accompanying \fBISO\fR 8859/1 character. The actual bit-position value, minus 7, is added. .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBMETABIT 0\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n The Meta key was pressed along with the key. This is the only user-accessible bucky bit. It is ORed in as the 0x80 bit; since this bit is a legitimate bit in a character, the only way to distinguish between, for example, 0xA0 as \fBMETA+0x20\fR and 0xA0 as an 8-bit character is to watch for META key up and META key down events and keep track of whether the \fBMETA\fR key was down. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBSYSTEMBIT 1\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n The System key was pressed. This is a place holder to indicate which key is the system-abort key. .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFUNNY 0x300\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Performs various functions depending on the value of the low 4 bits: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBNOP 0x300\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Does nothing. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBOOPS 0x301\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Exists, but is undefined. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBHOLE 0x302\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n There is no key in this position on the keyboard, and the position-code should not be used. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBRESET 0x306\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Keyboard reset. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBERROR 0x307\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n The keyboard driver detected an internal error. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBIDLE 0x308\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n The keyboard is idle (no keys down). .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBCOMPOSE 0x309\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n The \fBCOMPOSE\fR key; the next two keys should comprise a two-character COMPOSE key sequence. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBNONL 0x30A\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Used only in the Num Lock table; indicates that this key is not affected by the Num Lock state, so that the translation table to use to translate this key should be the one that would have been used had Num Lock not been in effect. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB0x30B \(em 0x30F\fR .ad .RS 20n Reserved for non-parameterized functions. .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_CLASS 0x400\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n A floating accent or "dead key." When this key is pressed, the next key generates an event for an accented character; for example, "floating accent grave" followed by the "a" key generates an event with the \fBISO\fR 8859/1 code for the "a with grave accent" character. The low-order bits indicate which accent; the codes for the individual "floating accents" are as follows: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_UMLAUT 0x400\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n umlaut .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_CFLEX 0x401\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n circumflex .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_TILDE 0x402\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n tilde .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_CEDILLA 0x403\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n cedilla .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_ACUTE 0x404\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n acute accent .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFA_GRAVE 0x405\fR \fR .ad .RS 21n grave accent .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBSTRING 0x500\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n The low-order bits index a table of strings. When a key with a \fBSTRING\fR entry is depressed, the characters in the null-terminated string for that key are sent, character-by-character. The maximum length is defined as: .sp .ne 2 .na \fBKTAB_STRLEN \fR .ad .RS 16n 10 .RE Individual string numbers are defined as: .sp .ne 2 .na \fBHOMEARROW \fR .ad .RS 15n 0x00 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBUPARROW\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n 0x01 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBDOWNARROW\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n 0x02 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLEFTARROW\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n 0x03 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBRIGHTARROW\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n 0x04 .RE String numbers 0x05 \(em 0x0F are available for custom entries. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBFUNCKEYS 0x600\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n There are 64 keys reserved for function keys. The actual positions are usually on the left/right/top/bottom of the keyboard. .sp The next-to-lowest 4 bits indicate the group of function keys: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLEFTFUNC \fR \fR .ad .RS 18n 0x600 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBRIGHTFUNC \fR \fR .ad .RS 18n 0x610 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBTOPFUNC 0x610\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n 0x610 .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBBOTTOMFUNC \fR \fR .ad .RS 18n 0x630 .RE The low 4 bits indicate the function key number within the group: .sp .ne 2 .na \fBLF(\fIn\fR)\fR .ad .RS 10n (LEFTFUNC+(\fIn\fR)-1) .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBRF(\fIn\fR) \fR .ad .RS 10n (RIGHTFUNC+(\fIn\fR)-1) .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBTF(\fIn\fR) \fR .ad .RS 10n (TOPFUNC+(\fIn\fR)-1) .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBBF(\fIn\fR) \fR .ad .RS 10n (BOTTOMFUNC+(\fIn\fR)-1) .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADKEYS 0x700\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n A "numeric keypad key." These entries should appear only in the Num Lock translation table; when Num Lock is in effect, these events will be generated by pressing keys on the right-hand keypad. The low-order bits indicate which key. The codes for the individual keys are: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADEQUAL 0x700\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "=" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADSLASH 0x701\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "/" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADSTAR 0x702\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "*" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADMINUS 0x703\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "-" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADSEP 0x704\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "," key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD7 0x705\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "7" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD8 0x706\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "8" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD9 0x707\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "9" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADPLUS 0x708\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "+" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD4 0x709\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "4" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD5 0x70A\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "5" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD6 0x70B\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "6" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD1 0x70C\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "1" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD2 0x70D\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "2" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD3 0x70E\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "3" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPAD0 0x70F\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "0" key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADDOT 0x710\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "." key .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBPADENTER 0x711\fR \fR .ad .RS 19n "Enter" key .RE .RE .sp .LP When a function key is pressed in \fBTR_ASCII\fR mode, the following escape sequence is sent: .sp .LP \fBESC[0\|.\|.\|..\|9z\fR .sp .LP where \fBESC\fR is a single escape character and "0\|.\|..\|9" indicates the decimal representation of the function-key value. For example, function key \fBR1\fR sends the sequence: .sp .LP \fBESC[208z\fR .sp .LP because the decimal value of RF(1) is 208. In \fBTR_EVENT\fR mode, if there is a \fBVUID\fR event code for the function key in question, an event with that event code is generated; otherwise, individual events for the characters of the escape sequence are generated. .SS "Keyboard Compatibility Mode" .sp .LP When started, the \fBkb\fR STREAMS module is in the compatibility mode. When the keyboard is in the \fBTR_EVENT\fR translation mode, \fBISO\fR 8859/1 characters from the upper half of the character set (that is, characters with the eighth bit set) , are presented as events with codes in the \fBISO_FIRST\fR range (as defined in <\fB\fR>). For backwards compatibility with older versions of the keyboard driver, the event code is \fBISO_FIRST\fR plus the character value. When compatibility mode is turned off, \fBISO\fR 8859/1 characters are presented as events with codes equal to the character code. .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP The following \fBioctl()\fR requests set and retrieve the current translation mode of a keyboard: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCTRANS\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n Pointer to an \fBint\fR. The translation mode is set to the value in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGTRANS\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n Pointer to an \fBint\fR. The current translation mode is stored in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument. .RE .sp .LP \fBioctl()\fR requests for changing and retrieving entries from the keyboard translation table use the \fBkiockeymap\fR structure: .sp .in +2 .nf struct kiockeymap { int kio_tablemask; /* Translation table (one of: 0, CAPSMASK, * SHIFTMASK, CTRLMASK, UPMASK, * ALTGRAPHMASK, NUMLOCKMASK) */ #define KIOCABORT1 -1 /* Special "mask": abort1 keystation */ #define KIOCABORT2 -2 /* Special "mask": abort2 keystation */ uchar_t kio_station; /* Physical keyboard key station (0-127) */ ushort_t kio_entry; /* Translation table station's entry */ char kio_string[10]; /* Value for STRING entries-null terminated */ }; .fi .in -2 .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSKEY\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n Pointer to a \fBkiockeymap\fR structure. The translation table entry referred to by the values in that structure is changed. The \fBkio_tablemask\fR request specifies which of the following translation tables contains the entry to be modified: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBUPMASK 0x0080\fR \fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Key Up" translation table. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBNUMLOCKMASK 0x0800\fR \fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Num Lock" translation table. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBCTRLMASK 0x0030\fR \fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Controlled" translation table. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBALTGRAPHMASK 0x0200\fR \fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Alt Graph" translation table. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBSHIFTMASK 0x000E\fR \fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Shifted" translation table. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBCAPSMASK 0x0001\fR \fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Caps Lock" translation table. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB(No shift keys pressed or locked)\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n "Unshifted" translation table. .RE .RE .sp .LP The \fBkio_station\fR request specifies the keystation code for the entry to be modified. The value of \fBkio_entry\fR is stored in the entry in question. If \fBkio_entry\fR is between \fBSTRING\fR and \fBSTRING+15,\fR the string contained in \fBkio_string\fR is copied to the appropriate string table entry. This call may return \fBEINVAL\fR if there are invalid arguments. .sp .LP Special values of \fBkio_tablemask\fR can affect the two step "break to the \fBPROM\fR monitor" sequence. The usual sequence is \fBL1\fR-\fBa\fR or \fBStop\fR-. If \fBkio_tablemask\fR is \fBKIOCABORT1\fR, then the value of \fBkio_station\fR is set to be the first keystation in the sequence. If \fBkio_tablemask\fR, is \fBKIOCABORT2\fR then the value of \fBkio_station\fR is set to be the second keystation in the sequence. An attempt to change the "break to the \fBPROM\fR monitor" sequence without having superuser permission results in an \fBEPERM\fR error. .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGKEY\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n The argument is a pointer to a \fBkiockeymap\fR structure. The current value of the keyboard translation table entry specified by \fBkio_tablemask\fR and \fBkio_station\fR is stored in the structure pointed to by the argument. This call may return \fBEINVAL\fR if there are invalid arguments. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCTYPE\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n The argument is a pointer to an \fBint\fR. A code indicating the type of the keyboard is stored in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKB_SUN3\fR \fR .ad .RS 14n Sun Type 3 keyboard .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKB_SUN4\fR \fR .ad .RS 14n Sun Type 4 or 5 keyboard, or non-USB Sun Type 6 keyboard .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKB_USB\fR \fR .ad .RS 14n USB standard HID keyboard, including Sun Type 6 USB keyboards .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKB_ASCII\fR \fR .ad .RS 14n ASCII terminal masquerading as keyboard .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKB_PC\fR \fR .ad .RS 14n Type 101 PC keyboard .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKB_DEFAULT\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n Stored in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument if the keyboard type is unknown. In case of error, -1 is stored in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument. .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCLAYOUT\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n The argument is a pointer to an \fBint\fR. On a Sun Type 4 keyboard, the layout code specified by the keyboard's \fBDIP\fR switches is stored in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCCMD\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n The argument is a pointer to an \fBint\fR. The command specified by the value of the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument is sent to the keyboard. The commands that can be sent are: .sp Commands to the Sun Type 3 and Sun Type 4 keyboards: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_RESET\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Reset keyboard as if power-up. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_BELL\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Turn on the bell. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_NOBELL\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Turn off the bell. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_CLICK\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Turn on the click annunciator. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_NOCLICK\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n Turn off the click annunciator. .RE Commands to the Sun Type 4 keyboard: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_SETLED\fR \fR .ad .RS 22n Set keyboard LEDs. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKBD_CMD_GETLAYOUT\fR \fR .ad .RS 22n Request that keyboard indicate layout. .RE .RE .sp .LP Inappropriate commands for particular keyboard types are ignored. Since there is no reliable way to get the state of the bell or click (because the keyboard cannot be queried and a process could do writes to the appropriate serial driver \(em circumventing this \fBioctl()\fR request) an equivalent \fBioctl()\fR to query its state is not provided. .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSLED\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n The argument is a pointer to an \fBchar\fR. On the Sun Type 4 keyboard, the \fBLEDs\fR are set to the value specified in that \fBchar\fR. The values for the four \fBLEDs\fR are: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLED_CAPS_LOCK\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n "Caps Lock" light. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLED_COMPOSE\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n "Compose" light. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLED_SCROLL_LOCK\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n "Scroll Lock" light. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLED_NUM_LOCK\fR \fR .ad .RS 20n "Num Lock" light. .RE On some Japanese layouts, the value for the fifth \fBLED\fR is: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBLED_KANA\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n "Kana" light. .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGLED\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n Pointer to a \fBchar\fR. The current state of the \fBLEDs\fR is stored in the \fBchar\fR pointed to by the argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSCOMPAT\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n Pointer to an \fBint\fR. "Compatibility mode" is turned on if the \fBint\fR has a value of 1, and is turned off if the \fBint\fR has a value of 0. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGCOMPAT\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n Pointer to an \fBint\fR. The current state of "compatibility mode" is stored in the \fBint\fR pointed to by the argument. .RE .sp .LP The following \fBioctl()\fR request allows the default effect of the keyboard abort sequence to be changed. .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSKABORTEN\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n Pointer to an \fBint\fR. The keyboard abort sequence effect (typically L1-A or Stop-A on the keyboard on SPARC systems, F1-A on x86 systems, and BREAK on the serial console device) is enabled if the \fBint\fR has a value of KIOCABORTENABLE(1). If the value is KIOCABORTDISABLE(0) , the keyboard abort sequence effect is disabled. If the value is KIOCABORTALTERNATE(2), the Alternate Break sequence is in effect and is defined by the serial console drivers \fBzs\fR(7D)\fBse\fR(7D) and \fBasy\fR(7D). Any other value of the parameter for this \fBioctl()\fR is treated as \fBenable\fR. The Alternate Break sequence is applicable to the serial console devices only. .sp Due to a risk of incorrect sequence interpretation, SLIP and certain other binary protocols should not be run over the serial console port when Alternate Break sequence is in effect. Although PPP is a binary protocol, it is able to avoid these sequences using the ACCM feature in \fIRFC 1662\fR. For Solaris PPP 4.0, you do this by adding the following line to the \fB/etc/ppp/options\fR file (or other configuration files used for the connection; see \fBpppd\fR(1M) for details): .sp .in +2 .nf asyncmap 0x00002000 .fi .in -2 SLIP has no comparable capability, and must not be used if the Alternate Break sequence is in use. .sp This \fBioctl()\fR will be active and retain state even if there is no physical keyboard in the system. The default effect (\fBenable\fR) causes the operating system to suspend and enter the kernel debugger (if present) or the system prom (on most systems with OpenBoot proms). The default effect is enabled on most systems, but may be different on server systems with key switches in the 'secure' position. On these systems, the effect is always disabled when the key switch is in the 'secure' position. This \fBioctl()\fRreturns \fBEPERM\fR if the caller is not the superuser. .RE .sp .LP These \fBioctl()\fR requests are supported for compatibility with the system keyboard device \fB/dev/kbd\fR. .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSDIRECT\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n Has no effect. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGDIRECT\fR \fR .ad .RS 16n Always returns 1. .RE .sp .LP The following \fBioctl()\fR requests are used to set and get the keyboard autorepeat delay and rate. .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSRPTDELAY\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n This argument is a pointer to an int, which is the kb autorepeat delay, unit in millisecond. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGRPTDELAY\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n This argument is a pointer to an int. The current auto repeat delay setting is stored in the integer pointed by the argument, unit in millisecond. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCSRPTRATE\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n This argument is a pointer to an int, which is the kb autorepeat rate, unit in millisecond. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBKIOCGRPTRATE\fR \fR .ad .RS 18n This argument is a pointer to an int. The current auto repeat rate setting is stored in the integer pointed by the argument, unit in millisecond. .RE .SH ATTRIBUTES .sp .LP See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: .sp .sp .TS box; c | c l | l . ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE _ Interface Stability Stable .TE .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBkbd\fR(1), \fBloadkeys\fR(1), \fBkadb\fR(1M), \fBpppd\fR(1M), \fBkeytables\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBzs\fR(7D), \fBse\fR(7D), \fBasy\fR(7D), \fBvirtualkm\fR(7D), \fBtermio\fR(7I), \fBusbkbm\fR(7M) .SH NOTES .sp .LP Many keyboards released after Sun Type 4 keyboard also report themselves as Sun Type 4 keyboards.