Re: handling an oddball PS/2 keyboard

[David Monro <davidm@amberdata.demon.co.uk>]

Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 02:49:40AM +0000, David Monro wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have a slightly odd PS/2 keyboard which I'm not quite sure of the best 
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> 
> Interesting. I rearranged my scancode data page a bit and added
> your info - see http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-6.html
> Are your scancodes identical to those reported by Benjamin Carter?

Almost precisely! The only differences I can see are probably a result
of his being a japanese one; the physical layout is a little different
and I have PF1-PF4 above the numeric keypad rather than the japanese
compose keys. I'll send you a more detailed description for your page.

> 
>>So.. could I get a bunch of people to have a look in 
>>/proc/bus/input/devices, and see what the 'Version' field for their 
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> 
> 
> Yours is the second report I see for ID 0xab85.
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Hmm. I've seen those extended 122 key IBM keyboards, although I _think_
most of the ones I've seen have been the APL variant. I may know someone
who has one, so I'll see if I can get hold of it to test.

Cheers,

	David