Standard Keyboard and Mouse Driver Stacks
This section describes the standard device stacks for a Plug and Play PS/2-style keyboard, a Plug and Play PS/2-style mouse, a Plug and Play serial mouse, and a legacy keyboard and mouse device.
Plug and Play PS/2-style Keyboard
Top to bottom, the driver stack contains:
Kbdclass, the upper-level keyboard class filter driver
An optional upper-level keyboard filter driver
I8042prt, the function driver
Root bus driver
Plug and Play PS/2-style Mouse
Top to bottom, the driver stack contains:
Mouclass, the upper-level mouse class filter driver
An optional upper-level mouse filter driver
I8042prt, the function driver
Root bus driver
Plug and Play Serial Mouse
Top to bottom, the stack contains:
Mouclass, the upper-level mouse class filter driver
Sermouse, the serial mouse function driver
Serenum, the upper-level device filter driver for an RS-232 port
Legacy Keyboard and Mouse
Top to bottom, the stack contains:
Class driver for the device
Function driver for the device
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