Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:50:20 +0200
From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
Cc: aebr@win.tue.nl, ndiamond@wta.att.ne.jp, vojtech@suse.cz,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Translated set 3
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:42:55PM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> Sorry if there is an obvious answer to this question that I'm missing,
> but what is the advantage of using translation in set 3?
> 
> I totally agree that translated set 2 is the way to get 99% of
> keyboards working perfectly, and that the reason we use translation
> here, is because although untranslated set 2 is simpler, some laptops
> don't support this properly, and some that do have problems with BIOS
> interpretation of the codes, etc.
> 
> However, surely setups that support set 3, will support it equally
> well with and without translation?  Here, I don't see the advantage of
> enabling translation.
> 
> Why not simplify the whole problem, and either have:
> 
> * translated set 2 with workarounds for all known strange keyboards
> * untranslated set 3

Because it doesn't simplify the driver. :) The translated+set3 combo,
although doesn't make much sense, just works ...

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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