Re: keyboard config with serial console

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> Itseems that in order to configure keyboard drivers one should define
> CONSOLE_VT. 

Correct. With the standard tree you need CONSOLE_VT. 

> I just have a serial uart and I dont know if I can use a
> CONFIG_SERIAL and CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE and still
> configure my keyboard.

You can use serial tty/console along side a VT console.

> I think many keyboard function calls are linked with the virtual terminal
> related files. Is it possible to configure the keyboard drivers with a
> serial console?

I know it is possible to use a keyboard without a VT via the input layer. 
I reworked the console system for 2.5.X so you can use a keybaord without
a VT. I'm slowly intergrating this now into the dave jones tree. 

> Have anyone tried this before?

Yes. 

http://linuxconsole.sf.net


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