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Does vmware support keyboard (ps/2) and mouse (ps/2) via i/o apic?

Hi, does the I/O APIC support keyboard (ps/2) and mouse (ps/2)?  I have successfully configured APIC, I/O APIC,PIT timer, keyboard (ps2) and mouse (ps2) correctly, unfortunately interrupt handling works in bochs, qemu, virtual box and doesn't work in vmware.The mentioned devices (keyboard and mouse) work for me only when I use the PIC interrupt controller and they don't work when I use the I/O APIC despite correct APIC configuration and taking into account the ISOs from the MADT. For me I/O apic works fine but only for bochs, qemu and virtual box, I have no idea why it doesn't work for vmware - I get no errors and I don't know if this is because the I/O APIC in vmware doesn't support ps/2 or if I have a bug in my software.  When I turn off APIC and turn on PIC, everything works fine in vmware which means I have a ps/2 controller. 

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