From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:22:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:21:44 -0400 Received: from olsinka.site.cas.cz ([147.231.11.16]:25732 "EHLO twilight.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:21:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:21:31 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Dan Streetman Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: ps2 keyboard filter hook Message-ID: <20010616002131.A5243@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from ddstreet@us.ibm.com on Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 06:14:05PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 06:14:05PM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote: > > >> Vojtech, could you comment on if the above is possible using the input > >layer? > > > >Yes, and quite easily it'll fit into the input layer. Basically the way > >to do it would be to open the PS/2 port in the filter driver (thus > >disabling the normal keyboard driver to open it) and then register a new > >PS/2 port which the normal keyboard driver would attach to. > > Sweet! Thanks. > > I assume this (along with the linux-console stuff) won't make it into the 2.4 > kernel for a while though, until after it's been in 2.5 for a while? It's planned for 2.5.0. If it'll make it back to 2.4.x, I can only hope. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs