Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965099AbVIANJ1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:09:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965101AbVIANJ1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:09:27 -0400 Received: from ctb-mesg9.saix.net ([196.25.240.89]:65155 "EHLO ctb-mesg9.saix.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965099AbVIANJ1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:09:27 -0400 Message-ID: <4316FD08.1070505@geograph.co.za> Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:07:20 +0200 From: Zoltan Szecsei User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: multiple independent keyboard kernel support References: <4316E5D9.8050107@geograph.co.za> <20050901122253.GA11787@midnight.suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050901122253.GA11787@midnight.suse.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2327 Lines: 86 Vojtech Pavlik wrote: >On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 01:28:25PM +0200, Zoltan Szecsei wrote: > > > >>Hi All, >>The archives & FAQs on this subject stop at December 2003. Google not >>much help either (prob. due to my keyword choices) >> >>I gather the only way to do this is via the ruby patch. >> >>(When) Will there ever be native kernel (and maybe XFree) support for >>multiple independent keyboards? >> >> > >The kernel console is unlikely to ever going to have that - noone is >interested in changing the console subsystem. > > Ah, rats! :-( >The current state of input device support in the kernel, however, allows >any userspace program to access them independently, including keyboards. > >That means multi-user X and possibly a userspace console implementation >(Jon Smirl is planning one) has no barriers in the kernel input device > > Do you have an email address so that I can keep in touch with him? >implementation keeping it from proceeding. > >The problems with multiple VGA cards, etc, are much harder to solve, >though. > > That's a surprise - barring the keyboard issue, I thought I was close to getting it working on my SuSE 9.3 using 2 mice, onboard 915G graphics and an old TSENG Labs ET6000. Maybe I had further to go than I realised :-( > > >>The ruby patch seems to also only have discussions older than 18 months. >> >>Has there really been no progress in the last 18 months? >> >>I would prefer to see "official and permanent" support for this as then >>when HW & drivers & kernels develop in the future, this capability will >>always be (immediately) available - and not have to wait for patches. >> >> > >Many people would like that. But not many enough to make it happen, at >least not until now. > > Ah cool - there's hope - any pointers on how I can get a counter or lobby group going? :-) Thanks for taking time to reply. Cheers, Z -- ================================== Geograph (Pty) Ltd P.O. Box 31255 Tokai 7966 Tel: +27-21-7018492 Fax: +27-86-6115323 Mobile: +27-83-6004028 ================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/