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SubjectRe: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock
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2012/3/2 H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>:
>
> Yeah, it seems a bit excessive in this case.
>
>        -hpa
>
> --
> H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
> I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.
>

This is the final version. It works fine here on one laptop and a desktop.

@Alan
Can you, please, queue this for the mainline and also push it to
stable? The patch is straight forward and set the NumLock on a
keyboard according to the data in the BIOS.

---
From f061c2caeb98b34be41dc1d5ddda03658a7b3555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Cov <joshuacov@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:44:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock

The PC BIOS does provide a NUMLOCK flag containing the desired state
of this LED. This patch sets the current state according to the data
in the bios.

Signed-Off-By: Joshua Cov <joshuacov@googlemail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>

---
arch/x86/boot/main.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h | 3 ++-
drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c | 9 ++++++---
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 40358c8..cf6083d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -57,14 +57,20 @@ static void copy_boot_params(void)
}

/*
- * Set the keyboard repeat rate to maximum. Unclear why this
+ * Query the keyboard lock status as given by the BIOS, and
+ * set the keyboard repeat rate to maximum. Unclear why the latter
* is done here; this might be possible to kill off as stale code.
*/
-static void keyboard_set_repeat(void)
+static void keyboard_init(void)
{
- struct biosregs ireg;
+ struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
initregs(&ireg);
- ireg.ax = 0x0305;
+
+ ireg.ah = 0x02; /* Get keyboard status */
+ intcall(0x16, &ireg, &oreg);
+ boot_params.kbd_status = oreg.al;
+
+ ireg.ax = 0x0305; /* Set keyboard repeat rate */
intcall(0x16, &ireg, NULL);
}

@@ -151,8 +157,8 @@ void main(void)
/* Detect memory layout */
detect_memory();

- /* Set keyboard repeat rate (why?) */
- keyboard_set_repeat();
+ /* Set keyboard repeat rate (why?) and query the lock flags */
+ keyboard_init();

/* Query MCA information */
query_mca();
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
index 2f90c51..eb45aa6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ struct boot_params {
__u8 e820_entries; /* 0x1e8 */
__u8 eddbuf_entries; /* 0x1e9 */
__u8 edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries; /* 0x1ea */
- __u8 _pad6[6]; /* 0x1eb */
+ __u8 kbd_status; /* 0x1eb */
+ __u8 _pad6[5]; /* 0x1ec */
struct setup_header hdr; /* setup header */ /* 0x1f1 */
__u8 _pad7[0x290-0x1f1-sizeof(struct setup_header)];
__u32 edd_mbr_sig_buffer[EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX]; /* 0x290 */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index a605549..7a95faf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ extern void ctrl_alt_del(void);
* Some laptops take the 789uiojklm,. keys as number pad when NumLock is on.
* This seems a good reason to start with NumLock off. On HIL keyboards
* of PARISC machines however there is no NumLock key and everyone
expects the keypad
- * to be used for numbers.
+ * to be used for numbers. That's why on X86 we ask the bios for the
correct state.
*/

-#if defined(CONFIG_PARISC) && (defined(CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL) ||
defined(CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD))
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+#define KBD_DEFLEDS (boot_params.kbd_status & 0x20 ? (1 << VC_NUMLOCK) : 0)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_PARISC) && (defined(CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL) ||
defined(CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD))
#define KBD_DEFLEDS (1 << VC_NUMLOCK)
#else
#define KBD_DEFLEDS 0
@@ -1433,7 +1436,7 @@ int __init kbd_init(void)
int i;
int error;

- for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; i++) {
kbd_table[i].ledflagstate = KBD_DEFLEDS;
kbd_table[i].default_ledflagstate = KBD_DEFLEDS;
kbd_table[i].ledmode = LED_SHOW_FLAGS;
--
1.7.7.6
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