WSMUX(4) OpenBSD Programmer's Manual WSMUX(4)NAMEwsmux - console keyboard/mouse multiplexor for wscons
SYNOPSIS
wskbd* at ... mux N
wsmouse* at ... mux N
pseudo-device wsmux [count]
DESCRIPTION
The wsmux is a pseudo-device driver that allows several wscons(4) input
devices to have their events multiplexed into one stream.
The typical usage for this device is to have two multiplexors, one for
mouse events and one for keyboard events. All wsmouse(4) devices should
direct their events to the mouse mux (normally 0) and all keyboard
devices, except the console, should direct their events to the keyboard
mux (normally 1). A device will send its events to the mux indicated by
the mux locator. If none is given the device will not use a multiplexor.
The keyboard multiplexor should be connected to the display, using the
wsconscfg(8) command. It will then receive all keystrokes from all
keyboards and, furthermore, keyboards can be dynamically attached and
detached without further user interaction. In a similar way, the window
system will open the mouse multiplexor and receive all mouse events; mice
can also be dynamically attached and detached.
It is also possible to inject events into a multiplexor from a user
program. This is used by the wsmoused(8) daemon to take data from a
mouse connected to a serial port and make it appear on the standard mouse
mux.
FILES
/dev/wsmouse
/dev/wskbd
/usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
SEE ALSOintro(4), wscons(4), wsdisplay(4), wskbd(4), wsmouse(4), wsconscfg(8),
wsconsctl(8), wsmoused(8)OpenBSD 4.9 June 26, 2008 OpenBSD 4.9
