Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263727AbTEOCba (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 22:31:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263745AbTEOCba (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 22:31:30 -0400 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:63504 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263727AbTEOCba (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 22:31:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 04:44:17 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: James Simmons Cc: Pavel Machek , kernel list Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.5.69 - no setfont and loadkeys on tty > 1 Message-ID: <20030515024417.GA29602@win.tue.nl> References: <20030514120950.GA302@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 688 Lines: 24 On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:19:59PM +0100, James Simmons wrote: > P.S > KDGKBDTYPE. (Wow, I can't believe we still have this. It should die) It is rather useless for determining keyboard proterties, yes. On the other hand, quite a few utilities use it in code like static int is_a_console(int fd) { char arg; arg = 0; return (ioctl(fd, KDGKBTYPE, &arg) == 0 && ((arg == KB_101) || (arg == KB_84))); } Andries - 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/