Re: [PATCH] Unisys pc keyboard new keys patch, kernel 2.4.3

Albert D. Cahalan
2001-04-16T19:53:07Z

Guest section DW writes:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:29:11AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

>> If we can try to keycodes in 8-bits it would be nice. The difficulty
>> is that X cannot handle more than 8-bits without telling it you have
>> multiple keyboards. The keycode (at least in X) is exported to
>> X applications. This is certainly something to coordinate with the
>> XFree folks about. If you really need more then 8-bits.
>
> X keycodes are unrelated to Linux keycodes.

Yes, but they could be. Changing the Linux keycodes is a major
break with compatibility. If the Linux keycodes are to be changed,
then they ought to be become something that would allow XFree86
to become keyboard-independent. Why invent yet another encoding?