1.\" $Id: kbdmux.4,v 1.1 2005/07/14 20:32:10 max Exp $ 2.\" $FreeBSD$ 3.\" 4.Dd July 12, 2005 5.Os 6.Dt KBDMUX 4 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm kbdmux 9.Nd "keyboard multiplexer" 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Cd "device kbdmux" 12.Pp 13In 14.Pa /boot/device.hints : 15.Cd hint.kbdmux.0.disabled="1" 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Nm 19keyboard driver provides support for basic keyboard multiplexing. 20It is built around the idea of a 21.Dq "super keyboard" . 22The 23.Nm 24driver 25acts as a master keyboard consuming input from all slave keyboards attached to 26it. 27.Pp 28Slave keyboards can be attached to or detached from the 29.Nm 30keyboard driver with the 31.Xr kbdcontrol 1 32utility. 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr kbdcontrol 1 , 35.Xr atkbd 4 , 36.Xr syscons 4 , 37.Xr ukbd 4 38.Sh CAVEATS 39The 40.Nm 41keyboard driver switches all slave keyboards into 42.Dv K_RAW 43mode. 44Thus all slave keyboards attached to the 45.Nm 46keyboard share the same state. 47The 48.Nm 49keyboard is logically equivalent to one keyboard with lots of duplicated keys. 50.Sh HISTORY 51The 52.Nm 53module was implemented in 54.Fx 6.0 . 55.Sh AUTHORS 56.An Maksim Yevmenkin Aq m_evmenkin@yahoo.com 57