Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:21:26 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH2] Basic braille screen reader support |
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:39:00 +0100 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> 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>
Seems the right small set of changes to get us started with the real merge and its useful for the tty cleanup to have these exports visible so I know what will affect others.
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
> > 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) > -- > 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/
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