Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755909AbYJPRtq (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:49:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752471AbYJPRti (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:49:38 -0400 Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.43]:40985 "EHLO mail-in-03.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752187AbYJPRth (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:49:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:00:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> To: Samuel Thibault cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use PC-BIOS NUMLOCK flag In-Reply-To: <20081016143856.GD5071@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> Message-ID: References: <20081016143856.GD5071@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323584-1389964400-1224180031=:5051" X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-Information: See www.mailscanner.info for information X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-From: 7eggert@gmx.de Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1394 Lines: 34 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323584-1389964400-1224180031=:5051 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Bodo Eggert, le Thu 16 Oct 2008 13:59:49 +0200, a =E9crit : > > +=09 If you have an alternative firmware like OpenFirmware or LinuxBio= s, > > +=09 this flag might not be set correctly, which results in a random s= tate > > +=09 of the Numlock key. >=20 > That's an issue. That means that distributions will just not enable, > and thus the flag is not really useful, since people who would > compile their own kernel would very likely have already setup their > initialization scripts into calling setleds +num (or just set LEDS=3D+num > in /etc/console-tools/config on a debian machine). I hope somebody will pop up and say "Hey, those will create an IBM PC data= =20 area, because they run DOS" ... --=20 "Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." -Infantry Journal --8323584-1389964400-1224180031=:5051-- -- 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/