From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1WIjaA-0002pW-KT for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:51:50 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50443) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WIja3-0002hu-GR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:51:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WIjZy-00019T-5D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:51:43 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::22f]:54513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WIjZx-00019O-Tp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:51:38 -0500 Received: by mail-ee0-f47.google.com with SMTP id e49so778489eek.20 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:51:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=AQuVcnIHeANYmnNVGsSEXqgoZ/7DjkDitt+3xpeBS/4=; b=o7WJmHFETQ5A1GESJUFPbfNdhUIJdrvqF5byfKbmW4Uv+i4KN5UYdAG7T5GCvSu0Ff M4rC4MsuPGOMBLBNVg/5PNjmbOXgsaXjmjC+gbYTdtwA9FFDPaPE223ge8po9vrwdUox Mi7JQmtEwT+A0E2rcE0z3gPz4sZLycM+CJTs19+i5QlV/gOoALEsiCM4RNdOqXe3EX5D o+bzQzAaHmuDBp8Sia5esCEUOznGUB2uInzdm5e69OKyRcEDkfhZH1Iu7C4mXRIQO/SZ +q0oovU1aWak6k3FrPTxEcyQgcocD6MB96ko10ITivW8bxzr3L12KaHEtDUZIhIFevMM VSeQ== X-Received: by 10.15.41.140 with SMTP id s12mr8819839eev.4.1393440696629; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:51:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (85-188.196-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.196.188.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m9sm6959689eeh.3.2014.02.26.10.51.34 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:51:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <530E37B6.1040806@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:51:34 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make CTRL and ALT keys work as expected on EFI systems (version 5). References: <1393366348-22020-1-git-send-email-pjones@redhat.com> <6D165E863E048E4D86C25F15CEA532978707E64B@ORSMSX109.amr.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <6D165E863E048E4D86C25F15CEA532978707E64B@ORSMSX109.amr.corp.intel.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NjM0gMgjWdLCruJUcXuaCtWBt1skFQELd" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::22f X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:51:49 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --NjM0gMgjWdLCruJUcXuaCtWBt1skFQELd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 26.02.2014 03:58, Mroczek, Joseph T wrote: >> From: Peter Jones >> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:12 PM >> >> This is version 4. >> >> Changes from version 1: >> - handles SHIFT as a modifier >> - handles F11 and F12 keys >> - uses the handle provided by the system table to find our _EX protoco= l. >> >> Changes from version 2: >> - eliminate duplicate keycode translation. >> >> Changes from version 3: >> - Do not add the shift modifier for any ascii character between space >> (0x20) and DEL (0x7f); the combination of the modifier and many of t= he >> keys causes it not to be recognized at all. Specifically, if we >> include the modifier on any querty punctuation character, i.e. >> anything the string "~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:\"<>?" represents in C, it sto= ps >> being recognized whatsoever. >> >> Changes from version 4: >> - Always initialize term->data from locate protocol (i.e. make it >> unconditional.) >> >=20 > May I ask you to add one further extension. Add caps lock asserted to t= he conditions to bring up the menu. If this is not relevant to this patch= or you wont add it, let me know and I will see if I can add on after the= patch is accepted. >=20 Has absolutely nothing to do with this patch. > The reason for this is that there are some system that take as long as = 15 minutes to post. Trying to hit a specific key in a small window (even = 30s) is difficult. Allowing caps lock to perform the same action as holdi= ng shift allows the user to essentially queue the request for the menu. T= his behavior is consistent with how syslinux/pxelinux works.=20 >=20 > Thank you for any consideration you can pay this request. >=20 > ~joe >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >=20 --NjM0gMgjWdLCruJUcXuaCtWBt1skFQELd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlMON7YACgkQmBXlbbo5nOtYrAD/UrxxmOYmL5/7OPUlpVwNWLvH NtDIOVqZn/21GmpUUx4A/A5ho5UE3zSQ22907YXHWifrnNn+itNvHvPE/oogxAsk =tF3U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NjM0gMgjWdLCruJUcXuaCtWBt1skFQELd--