From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] hid/apple: add module parameter to swap Command and Option keys Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:12:08 -0800 Message-ID: <20090307191159.GA3355@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> References: <49B19FF3.2000605@gmail.com> <1236398835-8211-1-git-send-email-paul@burly.ondioline.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.92.24]:4364 "EHLO qw-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751956AbZCGTMR (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:12:17 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1236398835-8211-1-git-send-email-paul@burly.ondioline.org> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Collins Cc: Jiri Slaby , Jiri Kosina , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Paul, On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 05:07:14PM +1300, Paul Collins wrote: > Apple keyboards have the Command keys (a.k.a. the Apple or "waffle" key) > in the positions normally occupied on PC keyboards by the Alt/AltGr keys, > and the Option or Alt keys in the position occupied by the so-called > Windows keys. Folks who have been using PC-type computers for too long > generally have insurmountable muscle memory in this regard. > > This patch adds a module parameter, defaulting to off, that swaps these keys. > > The same effect can also be achieved by changing the console and X > keymaps, but this approach does not scale. For example, I don't want to > have to learn how to reconfigure Wayland's keymaps when the future > arrives and we all start using it, and there may be applications I don't > know about that also read keyboard events directly. > We have a mechanism to alter in-kernel "scancode" to mapping from userspace by issuing EVIOCSKEYCODE ioctl and there are a few utilities written, in addition to HAL using it. So the best way I think is to simly add an optional HAL policy. -- Dmitry