22 Apr
2005
22 Apr
'05
8:36 a.m.
On Friday 22 April 2005 02:09, Michael Sokolov wrote:
Sure, why not. Actually, I don't see anything that wrong with it, I
just am not a huge fan of USB. :)
Pat
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Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>
wrote:
Well, X generally talks to the keyboard and mouse drivers of the kernel
to do its stuff, and I don't see any reason to try and avoid that.
Be aware that this shouldn't be all that
difficult; Linux supports
running an LK201/401 on a serial port via a device driver in late
2.4 and 2.6 kerneles.
It doesn't matter. The only code that will know about and talk to
the LK201 will be the X server and StarMON ROM monitor. For the
Linux kernel (and for the hardware) the LK201 port will be just a
bog-standard serial port, Linux will have no idea what is connected
to it. (Keyboard support is not needed in the Linux kernel because
it'll be completely hidden from the user.) I'd skip
USB all-together, and just use a serial or PS/2 interface
mouse.
Why not offer it as an option if the extra design cost is negligible?
It's just a USB chip on the PCI bus. There is no extra software
development effort since USB mice are already supported by the Linux
kernel and XFree86 server.