On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 17:34 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> No, instead of adding yet another kernel attribute just use ioctl to get
> current switch state. Or write a general purpose utility to query
> switch/key state and contribute it to consoletools project - many people
> have asked fr it ;)

Thanks for the review.

Did you mean consoletools as in http://lct.sourceforge.net/ ?
It looks rather dead.

Perhaps util-linux-ng would be a more appropriate target?

I'm attaching the general purpose utility for your comments.

Thanks,
Daniel