Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262115AbTIWRWP (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:22:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262118AbTIWRWP (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:22:15 -0400 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:30726 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262115AbTIWRWL (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:22:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:22:06 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Norman Diamond Cc: Andries Brouwer , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John Bradford Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test5 vs. Japanese keyboards Message-ID: <20030923192206.A1504@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <1b7301c37a73$861bea70$2dee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> <20030921110125.GB18677@ucw.cz> <0a5f01c38043$f9c35c80$44ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> <20030921171632.A11359@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <0c2001c38104$34c2a690$44ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> <20030922221453.A1064@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <145601c381c8$07956760$44ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <145601c381c8$07956760$44ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60>; from ndiamond@wta.att.ne.jp on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:44:12PM +0900 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1312 Lines: 37 > > > > I think no kernel changes are required to use Japanese keyboards > > > > today. > > > > (But kbd has to be recompiled with NR_KEYS set to 256.) > > > > > > I'm not convinced yet. defkeymap.c_shipped is included in the > > > downloadable .bz2 file and it is inadequate. > > > > But defkeymap is inadequeate for German, it is inadequate for French, > > why would it be adequate for Japanese? > > I think that if defkeymap.c_shipped were inadequate for German and French > then you already would have fixed it. I don't have experience with those > keyboards but would guess that defkeymap.c_shipped is probably adequate for > loadkeys to load a working keymap for German or French. Of course. It is also adequate for loadkeys to load a working keymap for Japanese. > In order to be capable of loading a working keymap, defkeymap.c_shipped > needs patching. No. > > It is just the random default you get when no keymap was loaded. > > It is that plus more. It includes limits that prevent certain keymaps from > getting set when loaded. False. 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/