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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] ps2: migrate ledstate
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To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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On 10/17/2011 10:15 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> We only need to migrate the state when it is different of the default
>>> one (0).
>>
>> Er, isn't it going to be different from the default in like 99% of
>> circumstances?
>
> Why? caps lock and scroll lock are off usually. numlock depends on what the user
> prefers. In case he cares in the first place of course. I expect most users
> don't and just go with the default.
>
> On my physical machines numlock is off by default. Likewise in my virtual
> machines: SeaBIOS keeps it off by default, and Linux+Windows guests don't muck
> with it at boot.
>
> I remember physical machines used to have numlock on by default in the 90ies.
> They even had a BIOS Setup option to pick the initial numlock state. That seems
> to be out-fashioned these days though, I havn't seen that for quite a while now ...

Fair enough.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>
> cheers,
> Gerd
>
>