Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:39:00 +0100 | From | Samuel Thibault <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH2] Basic braille screen reader support |
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Hello,
Could the basic braille screen reader be pushed to 2.6.26?
Else, could at least the patch below be applied, so that people can compile external accessibility modules a lot more easily? (no need to patch vanilla kernel, which is a huge win for people who already have a hard time just using their computer...)
Samuel
Export functions typically used by screen reading modules.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
diff -ur linux-2.6.24.1-orig/drivers/char/consolemap.c linux-2.6.24.1-perso/drivers/char/consolemap.c --- linux-2.6.24.1-orig/drivers/char/consolemap.c 2008-01-25 09:32:05.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.24.1-perso/drivers/char/consolemap.c 2008-02-03 22:27:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ return p->inverse_translations[m][glyph]; } } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inverse_translate); static void update_user_maps(void) { diff -ur linux-2.6.24.1-orig/drivers/char/keyboard.c linux-2.6.24.1-perso/drivers/char/keyboard.c --- linux-2.6.24.1-orig/drivers/char/keyboard.c 2008-01-25 09:32:06.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.24.1-perso/drivers/char/keyboard.c 2008-02-04 03:44:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ const int NR_TYPES = ARRAY_SIZE(max_vals); struct kbd_struct kbd_table[MAX_NR_CONSOLES]; +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kbd_table); static struct kbd_struct *kbd = kbd_table; struct vt_spawn_console vt_spawn_con = { @@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ } else kd_nosound(0); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kd_mksound); /* * Setting the keyboard rate. diff -ur linux-2.6.24.1-orig/drivers/char/vt.c linux-2.6.24.1-perso/drivers/char/vt.c --- linux-2.6.24.1-orig/drivers/char/vt.c 2008-01-25 09:32:06.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.24.1-perso/drivers/char/vt.c 2008-02-03 22:27:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -3982,6 +3982,7 @@ c |= 0x100; return c; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(screen_glyph); /* used by vcs - note the word offset */ unsigned short *screen_pos(struct vc_data *vc, int w_offset, int viewed)
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