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GSCKBC(4)            NetBSD/hp700 Kernel Interfaces Manual           GSCKBC(4)


NAME

     gsckbc -- GSC PS/2 keyboard and mouse interface


SYNOPSIS

     gsckbc* at gsc?
     pckbd*  at gsckbc?
     pms*    at gsckbc?


DESCRIPTION

     The gsckbc device is a machine dependent front end to the pckbport(9)
     interface.  It attaches to the GSC PS/2 keyboard and mouse interface
     found in LASI chips.


DIAGNOSTICS

     gsckbc_attach: can't map I/O space  The driver was not able to map the
     device registers during attachment.  The device will not be usable.

     can't find master device  An error occured during attachment of the key-
     board port so the mouse port can't be attached too.


SEE ALSO

     gsc(4), intro(4), io(4), lasi(4), pckbport(9)


HISTORY

     The gsckbc driver appeared in NetBSD 2.0.


AUTHORS

     Jochen Kunz


BUGS

     Actually the two PS/2 ports are a single device and share a single inter-
     rupt.  The firmware lists them as individual devices in the firmware
     device tree.  This illusion is kept to map the firmware device tree as
     close as possible to the kernel device tree.  The first device is caled
     master, gets the interrupt and the other is the slave.  Assumption: Mas-
     ter attaches first, gets the interrupt and has lower HPA.  So it is
     important that the master device, usually the keyboard port, attaches
     first to make the slave, usually the mouse port, usable.

NetBSD 5.1.2                    August 20, 2004                   NetBSD 5.1.2