Subject: Apollo keyboard driver for hp9000/4xx series (test)
To: None <port-hp300@NetBSD.ORG>
From: mike smith <miff@spam.frisbee.net.au>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/05/1997 02:20:37
Ok, I'm flaking again.  Jason, please don't be mad at me, but
I've put the keyboard at the same level as the apci drivers; it
just wasn't a clean fit underneath (the two drivers ended up
having to know far too much about each other).

The latest code is available as 
 ftp://spam.frisbee.net.au/apollo/NetBSD/frodo.diff.gz,
as the name implies, this is a diff rather than a pile of
code, and I would expect this to apply cleanly to a
respectably -current source tree.

If anyone has time to dust off their 4xx box and try this,
I'd be glad to hear from them.  Note that for free you get
a driver for the other serial ports; if you have a 425e or
a splitter cable, I'd be curious to know if these work 
properly. Also, if _anyone_ knows how to put the Apollo
keyboard into 'raw' mode, I'd like to hear about that too.  

So, Jason, where from here?  Do we want this integrated with
the wscons stuff, or should I offer the keyboard as an
alternative input for ite?  Practicalities?

--
Mike Smith  *BSD hack  Unix hardware collector
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