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