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* Proposal: change keycode for scancode e0 32 from 150 to 172
@ 2007-06-12 21:47 Hans de Goede
  2007-06-12 22:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
  2007-06-13 10:29 ` Vojtech Pavlik
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Hans de Goede @ 2007-06-12 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Kernel Mailing List; +Cc: Stanislav Brabec, Vojtech Pavlik

Hi all,

As some of you might know from my earlier post/thread about atkbd and softraw, 
I'm currently working on getting keyboards with internet/easy access keys to 
work painlessly / plug and play.

In order to be able to better test / develop this I've bought 2 cheap such 
keyboards today, one ps2 and one both usb and ps2 capable.

When comparing usb vs ps2 / testing the keycodes generated for the easy access
keys on my trust (microsoft compatible) keyboard. I noticed the homepage key 
sends keycode 150 with ps2 and 172 with USB, or for those who don't know the 
keycodes by head with ps2 it sends KEY_WWW and with usb it sends KEY_HOMEPAGE

I personally believe that the usb behaviour is correct and that the ps/2 code 
should be modified to match for consistency. The ps/2 scancode to keycode 
mapping is set up to handle easy access / internet keys for microsoft 
compatible keyboards. So what is the right code to send here, tricky, see:
http://www.s2.com.br/s2arquivos/361/Imagens/555Image.jpg
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_images/microsoft_ergonomic_keyboard_4000_black_usb_large.jpg

The logo on the key is a homepage logo, the text below is www/homepage. So what 
to send? I believe that for consistency with the usb codes send it should be 
KEY_HOMEPAGE, but thats based on a sample of 1 usb keyboard. Input on what 
other usb keyboards send for the key with the homepage iocn is very much welcome.

Regards,

Hans

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2007-06-12 21:47 Proposal: change keycode for scancode e0 32 from 150 to 172 Hans de Goede
2007-06-12 22:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-13  6:06   ` Hans de Goede
2007-06-13  9:18   ` Jiri Kosina
2007-06-13  9:25     ` Hans de Goede
2007-06-13  9:32       ` Jiri Kosina
2007-06-13 13:45         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-06-18 22:59           ` PATCH: " Hans de Goede
2007-06-19 13:44             ` Vojtech Pavlik
2007-06-13 13:02       ` Proposal: " Vojtech Pavlik
2007-06-13 10:38   ` Vojtech Pavlik
2007-06-14 12:35     ` Stanislav Brabec
2007-06-13 10:29 ` Vojtech Pavlik

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