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PCKBD(4)                  NetBSD Programmer's Manual                  PCKBD(4)


NAME

     pckbd - PC keyboard driver for wscons


SYNOPSIS

     pckbc* at isa?
     pckbd* at pckbc?
     wskbd* at pckbd? console ?
     options PCKBD_LAYOUT=XXX


DESCRIPTION

     This driver supports PC/AT keyboards within the wscons(4) console frame-
     work. It doesn't provide direct device driver entry points but makes its
     functions available via the internal wskbd(4) interface.

     The pckbd driver supports a number of different key mappings which can be
     chosen from with the kernel option ``PCKBD_LAYOUT'' at compile time or
     with the utility wsconsctl(8) (variable: ``encoding'' ) at runtime.  Oth-
     er mappings can be used if the whole keymap is replaced by means of
     wsconsctl(8).  The builtin mappings are at this time:

     KB_US   (for wsconsctl: ``us'' ) English / US keyboard mapping (default).

     KB_DE   ( ``de'' ) German with ``dead accents''.

     KB_DE | KB_NODEAD ( ``de.nodead'' ) German without ``dead accents''.

     KB_FR   ( ``fr'' ) French.

     KB_DK   ( ``dk'' ) Danish with ``dead accents''.

     KB_DK | KB_NODEAD ( ``dk.nodead'' ) Danish without ``dead accents''.

     KB_IT   ( ``it'' ) Italian.

     KB_UK   ( ``uk'' ) British.

     KB_JP   ( ``jp'' ) Japanese.

     KB_US | KB_DECLK ( ``us.declk'' ) English / US mapping for DEC
             LK400-style keyboards with PC keyboard interface (eg LK461).

     KB_US | KB_SWAPCTRLCAPS ( ``us.swapctrlcaps'' ) English / US mapping with
             swapped ``Control'' and ``Caps Lock'' keys.

     KB_JP | KB_SWAPCTRLCAPS ( ``jp.swapctrlcaps'' ) Japanese mapping with
             swapped ``Control'' and ``Caps Lock'' keys.

     Because PC keyboard hardware doesn't contain a beeper, requests for
     ``keyboard beeps'' cannot be handled directly. On alpha and i386 a helper
     device attached to the pcppi(4) driver allows to use the standard ISA
     speaker for this purpose.


BUGS

     The list of builtin mappings doesn't follow any logics.  It grew as peo-
     ple submitted what they needed.


SEE ALSO

     isa(4), wskbd(4), wsconsctl(8), pcppi(4).

NetBSD 1.4                      March 20, 1999                               1