From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:12:00 +0100 (BST) Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([IPv6:::ffff:62.52.24.140]:13966 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:11:55 +0100 Received: by dvmwest.gt.owl.de (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4EF514B7CD; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:11:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:11:53 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Dummy keyboard driver Message-ID: <20040620101153.GH20632@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org References: <20040619200923.GA22409@linux-mips.org> <20040619223829.GD20632@lug-owl.de> <20040620000348.GB23498@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RtZTDqy7cLeWP9t+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040620000348.GB23498@linux-mips.org> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 5337 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: jbglaw@lug-owl.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips --RtZTDqy7cLeWP9t+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2004-06-20 02:03:48 +0200, Ralf Baechle wrote in message <20040620000348.GB23498@linux-mips.org>: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 12:38:30AM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-06-19 22:09:23 +0200, Ralf Baechle > > wrote in message <20040619200923.GA22409@linux-mips.org>: > > I (vax 2.6.x tree) don't even have that file, and there shouldn't be no > > need for any kind of dummy keyboard. Either there's at least one > > keyboard attached (multiple are fine, though), you get input. No > > keyboard (driver), no input. Simple. > >=20 > > Just drop it. >=20 > I don't think the original reason for it still exists and even if it > was it'd need to be rewritten and moved so I'm removing it now. Right. Looong ago, you had to have keyboard driver if you had CONFIG_VT switched on (because tty/vt core then referenced some functions for key mapping and LED status setting), but those times are gone. Today's dummy keyboard actually *is* the whole Input API. I think the "direct" way of pumping data into tty/vt core went away around 2.6.1 (or around that), when the parisc team ported their HIL and ps2-keyboard drivers to Input API drivers or serio adaptors. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --RtZTDqy7cLeWP9t+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA1WLoHb1edYOZ4bsRAkkKAKCD+QseG8vGz/6YN2Wj6fhJgdsI1gCdGC8E QauB8edarDyS/cckG3gX6RI= =5q8n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RtZTDqy7cLeWP9t+--