Re: newer xfree86 4.0.1 patches

[Michel <dae...@st...>]

Franz Sirl wrote:

> > > - what's the keycode situation in XF3/4 for Apus?
> >
> > AFAIK it isn't very clean with either, the best bet is still to disable
> > Xkb.
> 
> On PPC we can switch the keycodes between ADB and Linux with a sysctl. Linux
> keycodes are ~95% compatible with AT keycodes, so XKB will work.

That would be great IMHO.


> > > - if your developer repository for 2.4 is different from BK
> > > linuxppc_2_3, did you integrate your input layer drivers in your trees
> > > and plan to submit them for 2.4?
> >
> > We have a CVS repository at SourceForge. Roman Zippel integrates bitkeeper
> > into it, but unfortunately we don't have anyone for the reverse direction.
> > How could that be done?
> 
> Via Linus probably, but in this special case we could arrange something.

Please post to lin...@li... what we'd have to do.


> > > If you want to keep the current state of affairs I can see in the
> > > linuxppc_2_3 tree, there's not much point in using machid.c, AFAICS. On
> > > the other hand, if you plan to integrate your input drivers into 2.4, it
> > > makes perfect sense.
> >
> > I think it would be nice, but to be honest I don't fully understand what
> > would be involved.
> 
> Actually not much, given the Apus input drivers in the linuxconsole
> repository ("ruby") on sourceforge are already functional,

I don't know, so I assume not :(

> it's simply a matter of copying the files and modifying the configuration
> scripts. If you want to continue to support Apus keycodes, you need some
> translation code in input/keybdev.c too.

Thanks.


Michel


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