RE: About IBM-M keyboard

Josh Moyer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.current
Message-ID <DM6PR07MB4217911817F326DA4EEDA299ACDEA@DM6PR07MB4217.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>
Since PS/2 is not designed for hot-plugging, is there risk of damaging the keyboard or system in this way?

Kind regards,
Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Martin Husemann
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 6:10 AM
To: Todd Gruhn <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: About IBM-M keyboard

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 09:06:26AM -0500, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> If I plug it in (PS\2) while NetBSD is running it does not work.

PS/2 keyboards cause no "plug in" event, so the kernel does not notice there is a new device connected.

You may be able to get it working later via some magic drvctl(8) invocation.

Martin
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