Linux console: how to use different key maps for different devices?

Question

My laptop has a US built-in keyboard and I am also connecting a good old Cherry keyboard with German key layout via a PS/2-to-USB adapter. Is there a way to install different keymaps used in the Linux text console for the different devices simultaneously?

Answer 1

You have to find the ID device:

xinput -list | grep -i key

and using such ID set the layout:

setxkbmap -device ID -layout layout