Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270293AbTGSP5M (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:57:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270377AbTGSP5M (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:57:12 -0400 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:61199 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270293AbTGSP5I (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:57:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:12:05 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: junkio@cox.net Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.0-test1 JAP_86 disappeared from atkbd.c Message-ID: <20030719181205.A3543@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <7vy8yudcec.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <7vy8yudcec.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>; from junkio@cox.net on Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 03:44:11AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1702 Lines: 45 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 03:44:11AM -0700, junkio@cox.net wrote: > In 2.4, Japanese 86/106 keyboards used to be able to generate > backslash and pipe characters (around ll. 367 in > linux-2.4.21/drivers/char/pc_keyb.c), but the rewritten AT > keyboard driver linux-2.6.0-test1/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c > does not seem to have corresponding support for that key. As a > result, the key seems to be dead and I cannot type '|' on such a > keyboard from Linux console (it works OK in X Window but that is > expected). > > For your reference, here is some comments in the 2.4 PC keyboard > driver that I think is relevant. > > ... > } else if (scancode >= SC_LIM) { > /* This happens with the FOCUS 9000 keyboard > Its keys PF1..PF12 are reported to generate > 55 73 77 78 79 7a 7b 7c 74 7e 6d 6f > Moreover, unless repeated, they do not generate > key-down events, so we have to zero up_flag below */ > /* Also, Japanese 86/106 keyboards are reported to > generate 0x73 and 0x7d for \ - and \ | respectively. */ > /* Also, some Brazilian keyboard is reported to produce > 0x73 and 0x7e for \ ? and KP-dot, respectively. */ > > *keycode = high_keys[scancode - SC_LIM]; > > ... Ha - really long ago I wrote that.. Yes, for 2.5 things are much more involved, but I suppose that all will be well if you add the line keycode 183 = backslash bar to your keymap. 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/