keyboard

[Antoine M. <an...@go...>]

newbie to ruby,
(I follow the linuxconsole mailing list regularly, but that was not
enough I am afraid)

I had to remove a line preventing util/inputattach.c from working.
(but didn't want to update in cvs as I dunno who's changing what)
offending line:
# { "--stinger",          "-sting",       B1200,
CS8,                     SERIO_STINGER,  0x00,   1,      stinger_init },

SERIO_STINGER not defined.

with 2.40-test7 + patched:
make menuconfig wouldn't work as is (it complained about include/asm
being a directory or
whatever so I changed the makefile and removed the rm -f include/asm -
maybe it should
be a rm -rf ?)

Is devfs required/advisable/not needed?

I could test my usb keyboard with evtest, but there is only one event
interface
where is my ps2 keyboard (as a device)?
How do I set the multiplexing?
btw, linux refuses to boot sometimes when my usb keyboard is plugged
(stops after you press return in lilo) but if I unplug and then replug
after the boot it's fine..

I guess that for multiple keyboards, the keyboard.c file from XFree86
will need changing,
anyone fancy making a patch to allow a ' Device "/dev/inputXXX" ' option
in XF86Config
for the keyboard section?
Or maybe X will start up using whatever keyboard was being used upon
start up?
Can someone explain briefly how that's going to work?
I will be looking at X docs today to try and understand a bit more about
drivers.

Please help me help you.
Thanks
Antoine