Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756134Ab2B1A1o (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:27:44 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:49190 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755577Ab2B1A1n (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:27:43 -0500 Message-ID: <4F4C1F76.70403@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:27:34 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120209 Thunderbird/10.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Joshua C." CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> Subject: Re: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock References: <4F4BF11E.4090000@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------040209050900080909070204" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3482 Lines: 65 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040209050900080909070204 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 02/27/2012 04:08 PM, Joshua C. wrote: > > If so I'm not sure about it. We check the BIOS data area as defined > for IBM PCs (1981), so a fair amount of user should benefit from the > change. Those non-BIOS boots can set the numlock=0 and won't be > affected by this. I think this isa lot easier to implement than doing > it in the BIOS bootstrap code. > Here is a patch to query the BIOS state properly; if you could fill out the rest of the patch then we can merge this in easily enough. -hpa --------------040209050900080909070204 Content-Type: text/plain; name="diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="diff" ZGlmZiAtLWdpdCBhL2FyY2gveDg2L2Jvb3QvbWFpbi5jIGIvYXJjaC94ODYvYm9vdC9tYWlu LmMKaW5kZXggNDAzNThjOC4uY2Y2MDgzZCAxMDA2NDQKLS0tIGEvYXJjaC94ODYvYm9vdC9t YWluLmMKKysrIGIvYXJjaC94ODYvYm9vdC9tYWluLmMKQEAgLTU3LDE0ICs1NywyMCBAQCBz dGF0aWMgdm9pZCBjb3B5X2Jvb3RfcGFyYW1zKHZvaWQpCiB9CiAKIC8qCi0gKiBTZXQgdGhl IGtleWJvYXJkIHJlcGVhdCByYXRlIHRvIG1heGltdW0uICBVbmNsZWFyIHdoeSB0aGlzCisg KiBRdWVyeSB0aGUga2V5Ym9hcmQgbG9jayBzdGF0dXMgYXMgZ2l2ZW4gYnkgdGhlIEJJT1Ms IGFuZAorICogc2V0IHRoZSBrZXlib2FyZCByZXBlYXQgcmF0ZSB0byBtYXhpbXVtLiAgVW5j bGVhciB3aHkgdGhlIGxhdHRlcgogICogaXMgZG9uZSBoZXJlOyB0aGlzIG1pZ2h0IGJlIHBv c3NpYmxlIHRvIGtpbGwgb2ZmIGFzIHN0YWxlIGNvZGUuCiAgKi8KLXN0YXRpYyB2b2lkIGtl eWJvYXJkX3NldF9yZXBlYXQodm9pZCkKK3N0YXRpYyB2b2lkIGtleWJvYXJkX2luaXQodm9p ZCkKIHsKLQlzdHJ1Y3QgYmlvc3JlZ3MgaXJlZzsKKwlzdHJ1Y3QgYmlvc3JlZ3MgaXJlZywg b3JlZzsKIAlpbml0cmVncygmaXJlZyk7Ci0JaXJlZy5heCA9IDB4MDMwNTsKKworCWlyZWcu YWggPSAweDAyOwkJLyogR2V0IGtleWJvYXJkIHN0YXR1cyAqLworCWludGNhbGwoMHgxNiwg JmlyZWcsICZvcmVnKTsKKwlib290X3BhcmFtcy5rYmRfc3RhdHVzID0gb3JlZy5hbDsKKwor CWlyZWcuYXggPSAweDAzMDU7CS8qIFNldCBrZXlib2FyZCByZXBlYXQgcmF0ZSAqLwogCWlu dGNhbGwoMHgxNiwgJmlyZWcsIE5VTEwpOwogfQogCkBAIC0xNTEsOCArMTU3LDggQEAgdm9p ZCBtYWluKHZvaWQpCiAJLyogRGV0ZWN0IG1lbW9yeSBsYXlvdXQgKi8KIAlkZXRlY3RfbWVt b3J5KCk7CiAKLQkvKiBTZXQga2V5Ym9hcmQgcmVwZWF0IHJhdGUgKHdoeT8pICovCi0Ja2V5 Ym9hcmRfc2V0X3JlcGVhdCgpOworCS8qIFNldCBrZXlib2FyZCByZXBlYXQgcmF0ZSAod2h5 PykgYW5kIHF1ZXJ5IHRoZSBsb2NrIGZsYWdzICovCisJa2V5Ym9hcmRfaW5pdCgpOwogCiAJ LyogUXVlcnkgTUNBIGluZm9ybWF0aW9uICovCiAJcXVlcnlfbWNhKCk7CmRpZmYgLS1naXQg YS9hcmNoL3g4Ni9pbmNsdWRlL2FzbS9ib290cGFyYW0uaCBiL2FyY2gveDg2L2luY2x1ZGUv YXNtL2Jvb3RwYXJhbS5oCmluZGV4IDJmOTBjNTEuLmViNDVhYTYgMTAwNjQ0Ci0tLSBhL2Fy Y2gveDg2L2luY2x1ZGUvYXNtL2Jvb3RwYXJhbS5oCisrKyBiL2FyY2gveDg2L2luY2x1ZGUv YXNtL2Jvb3RwYXJhbS5oCkBAIC0xMTIsNyArMTEyLDggQEAgc3RydWN0IGJvb3RfcGFyYW1z IHsKIAlfX3U4ICBlODIwX2VudHJpZXM7CQkJCS8qIDB4MWU4ICovCiAJX191OCAgZWRkYnVm X2VudHJpZXM7CQkJCS8qIDB4MWU5ICovCiAJX191OCAgZWRkX21icl9zaWdfYnVmX2VudHJp ZXM7CQkJLyogMHgxZWEgKi8KLQlfX3U4ICBfcGFkNls2XTsJCQkJCS8qIDB4MWViICovCisJ X191OCAga2JkX3N0YXR1czsJCQkJLyogMHgxZWIgKi8KKwlfX3U4ICBfcGFkNls1XTsJCQkJ CS8qIDB4MWVjICovCiAJc3RydWN0IHNldHVwX2hlYWRlciBoZHI7ICAgIC8qIHNldHVwIGhl YWRlciAqLwkvKiAweDFmMSAqLwogCV9fdTggIF9wYWQ3WzB4MjkwLTB4MWYxLXNpemVvZihz dHJ1Y3Qgc2V0dXBfaGVhZGVyKV07CiAJX191MzIgZWRkX21icl9zaWdfYnVmZmVyW0VERF9N QlJfU0lHX01BWF07CS8qIDB4MjkwICovCg== --------------040209050900080909070204-- -- 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/