Re: KDSETKEYCODE work with new input layer?

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 11:32:02AM -0400, Skip Ford wrote:
> Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:31:05AM -0400, Skip Ford wrote:
> > > Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:40:10AM -0400, Skip Ford wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I can no longer change keycodes since switching to the new input layer.
> > > > > Has anyone been able to?
> > > > 
> > > > I've tested it and it should work. What exactly doesn't work for you?
> > > > What are you trying to do?
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to assign keycodes using the kbd package.  Multimedia keys
> > > and some regular keys.  Here is one example.  The key I'm pressing is
> > > e05e.
> > 
> > Ok, the problem is that because the ioctls are no longer i386-centric,
> > the layout of the tables has changed.
> > 
> > What used to be scancode e05e is now scancode 15e, basically all
> > scancodes beginning with e0 are now offset by just 100 hex.
> > 
> > getkeycodes/setkeycodes translates e05e to de, while the table needs 15e.
> > 
> > Ignore getkeycodes output, except for the 0x58-0x7f the output is not
> > correct anymore. (e000-e07f lines show entries for scancodes 0x80-0xff,
> > as they always did, though).
> > 
> > > ~# setkeycodes e05e 89
> > 
> > Use setkeycodes 15e 89
> 
> setkeycodes rejects it.
> 
> ~# setkeycodes 15e 89
> setkeycode: code outside bounds
> usage: setkeycode scancode keycode ...
>  (where scancode is either xx or e0xx, given in hexadecimal,
>   and keycode is given in decimal)
> 
> I changed setkeycodes.c to add 256 instead of 128 and bumped up the
> bounds checking, but it's still strange.  It now works for e063, but
> still doesn't work for e05e.  Many other keys in the same area as 0x5e
> don't work.  The only one that does work that I tried is e063.

There is another thing that has changed - the scancode numbers. So if
you're using the same commands as on 2.4, you're setting scancodes for
different keys. We now use 'at keyboard - set 2' scancodes as opposed to
'xt keyboard - set 1' used by the older driver. See the 'dmesg' output
for keys ("unknown scancode ...") that are not known to the keyboard
driver.

> Will you be releasing an updated kbd package?

Well, I'm not the maintainer of the kbd package, but I probably will
have to release a new tool to set the keycode table.

> > > The same thing happens with every key.
> > 
> > No, keycodes without e0 should be fine.
> 
> Turns out the "regular" keys I referred to really are extended keys.
> 
> -- 
> Skip

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