Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:14:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:14:29 -0500 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:54535 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:14:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:22:17 +0100 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: michael@lug-owl.de Subject: Re: PATCH: Four function buttons on DELL Latitude X200 Message-ID: <20021213162217.GP20409@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, michael@lug-owl.de References: <20021210213444.GA451@elf.ucw.cz> <3DF7BF10.7030204@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9ZRxqsK4bBEmgNeO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DF7BF10.7030204@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 x-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB x-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1847 Lines: 51 --9ZRxqsK4bBEmgNeO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-12-11 14:41:20 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote in message <3DF7BF10.7030204@zytor.com>: > Pavel Machek wrote: > >=20 > > Well, nothing prevents keyboard manufacturers from using 0xe2 as a > > prefix, too. I think there are really *weird* keyboards out there. > >=20 >=20 > True enough, although very few things are going to recognize them at all. A co-worker of me once developed some patch to handle some weired Point of Sale keyboards (with magnetic stripe reader and some lock and so on). He did it by allowing additional modules to parse everything what is coming from keyboard controller (through additionally hooked modules) before sending "normal" keycaps events to userspace. An application willing to get the extra data could fetch that from some /dev/ice node. This could be generalized to send input API events. I'll CC him to allow him to speak up. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! Shell Script APT-Proxy: http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ --9ZRxqsK4bBEmgNeO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9+gk5Hb1edYOZ4bsRAv4RAKCP8cT3CD8HOHnTUFjTKzmjFwktswCfRAhF fxmQeyYu+KeYc0vXtbvLsYM= =omLE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9ZRxqsK4bBEmgNeO-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/