From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Joshua C." <joshuacov@googlemail.com>
Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:16:56 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F4E6B98.2090306@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKL7Q7oxYvkgvHgqejzRn+OQqCVg2NOqPPs+T_jBvKAigNKCjQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 02/29/2012 03:43 AM, Joshua C. wrote:
>
> I got the idea that we should somehow check the kbd_state and set the
> numlock accordingly but this is behind my capabilities. I tried
> several times to read those boot_params but I have no idea how to do
> it. Where are they stored, how to access them? Help anyone?
>
There is a global variable called boot_params; the prototype for it is
defined in <asm/setup.h>.
So as long as you are on an x86 architecture you can just #include
<asm/setup.h> and just access the boot_params structure directly (with
the patch provided to add the new field.)
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-29 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-27 19:23 [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock Joshua C.
2012-02-27 21:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-28 0:08 ` Joshua C.
2012-02-28 0:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-28 0:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-28 9:14 ` Joshua C.
2012-02-28 18:32 ` Bodo Eggert
2012-02-28 18:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-29 11:43 ` Joshua C.
2012-02-29 17:54 ` Bodo Eggert
2012-02-29 18:16 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-02-29 22:56 ` Joshua C.
2012-02-29 23:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-29 23:51 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01 0:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-01 0:21 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01 0:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-01 0:28 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01 19:42 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01 20:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-02 17:53 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-02 18:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-02 21:21 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-02 21:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2012-04-08 12:56 ` Joshua C.
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