IKBD(4)

πŸ“¦ in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’œ IKBD(4) β€” the manual, but make it a group chat πŸ’œ

ok so real talk, this is the ikbd page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual and it's genuinely short but it's important so pay attention bestie 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

ikbd β€” I2C HID keyboard support πŸ’… like, it's the driver that makes your little I2C HID keyboard actually work, no cap.


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

ikbd* at ihidev?
wskbd* at ikbd? mux 1

ok so literally just look at those two lines, they're giving "short but iconic" ✨ β€” ikbd* hangs off ihidev?, and wskbd* hooks up to ikbd? at mux 1. Copy them exactly, don't freestyle, iykyk 😭


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

The ikbd driver provides support for I2C HID keyboards 🌸 that's the whole vibe. Access to these devices is through the wscons(4) driver β€” so it's a whole relay race, bestie: keyboard β†’ ikbd β†’ wscons(4) β†’ you, typing. iconic behavior honestly πŸ‘‘


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

go read those too, they're the supporting cast and they ate πŸ”₯


🌈 HISTORY 🌈

The ikbd device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.9 β€” a true OG, been around since forever, main character energy from day one πŸ‘‘βœ¨


fr fr everything above is the whole page, no gatekeeping, no skipped options, we keep every detail πŸ’―

and that's a wrap bestie πŸŽ€ this was IKBD(4), straight outta Debian, dated January 17, 2016 β€” mwah, go forth and keyboard πŸ’…πŸ’–

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