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

Jan Dvorak
2001-04-14T18:14:24Z

On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:21:20AM +0200, Guest section DW wrote:
> No, these codes cannot be larger than 127 today.
> You can use the utility setkeycodes to assign keycodes to these keys.
I always tought it is 8bit - more-than-128-keys keyboards exists quite long
time.

> [One of the things for 2.5 is 15- or 31-bit keycodes.
> The 7-bits we have today do no longer suffice. I have a 132-key keyboard.]
Yes, this is necessary then. Hmm, the move to 15bits looks simple,
any ideas why this wasn't implemented before ? Yes, this isn't priority,
because it is working fine with setkeycodes, but anyway ...

Jan Dvorak <johnydog@go.cz>