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 framework. 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. Other 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 people submitted what they needed.

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