[http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2007 GSoC 2007] Project

Student: [http://wiki.freebsd.org/MaximZhuravlev Maxim Zhuravlev]

Mentor: [http://wiki.freebsd.org/PhilipPaeps Philip Paeps]

Original proposal: [http://amd.streamload.com/thioretic/Hosted/GIDL.pdf here]

Community [http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?46250237.000008.20157 'Intro and Sync' mail] turned out to be quite a useful one ;). One of most obvious designs, taking into account the advices, given in the mailing list thread, is to move stacking into kernel. This may be done by extending newbus (still thinking, update soon).

Pluses: fairly generic decision

Minuses: compartibility issues to be bypassed

Study the following links (and code of course) for design patterns:

• vtc(4) http://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/vtc%284%29] // hmmm… code seems to do nothing as to keyboard and mouse handling. Or have I missed something?
• http://www.kgi-project.org
• http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/HID/ (well, actually got xnu code long time ago. Will check it out)

Thanks to Nicolas Souchu and Pedro F. Giffuni for provided information.

1. vtc(4) dev : vtc(4) Video Terminal and Console]
2. [http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/newpsm/ Jordan Sissel's newpsm framework]
3. [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kbdmux&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html kbdmux(4)]
4. [http://www.kgi-project.org KGI Project]
5. Linux [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6396 'input core']
6. MacOS [http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/HID/ Introduction to Working With HID Class Device Interfaces]
7. MS Windows [http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/wdf/UMDF_Intro.mspx Introduction to the WDF User-Mode Driver Framework]