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Re: PS/2 Keyboard as I/O device
- From: Francois Retief <fgretief at sun dot ac dot za>
- To: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:57:57 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] PS/2 Keyboard as I/O device
- Organization: University of Stellenbosch
Hello,
> Here are my thoughts on implementing a PS/2 device driver (keyboard and
> mice). I have some PS/2 support at the HAL layer that provides a simple
> read/write byte protocol (think a serial port only dumber :-) and I'm
> building a keyboard meta device and mouse meta device over that layer. The
> thought being that if ps2 peripherals existed on platforms other than PCs
> one could still use the keyboard and mouse layers. Thoughts? Should I not
> bother and just leave this stuff in my application?
I would be very interested in PS/2 support. We have a Hitex HiCO.SH-4
board that uses the HD64465 companion chip. It include a PS/2 keyboard
and mouse interface.
Anybody know if there is any USB drivers available for the HD64465 chip?
(eCos or otherwise)
Cheers
Francois
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Francois Retief
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http://www.esl.ee.sun.ac.za
ESL, Dept. E&E Engineering
Stellenbosch University
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