Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:12:05 +0200 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] 2.6.0-test1 JAP_86 disappeared from atkbd.c |
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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
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