Re: newer xfree86 4.0.1 patches

[Franz S. <Fra...@la...>]

At 11:57 08.09.00, Kostas Gewrgiou wrote:

>On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Franz Sirl wrote:
>
> > > I can't speak about XF4, but with XF3 all of these work out-of-the-box if
> > > you disable Xkb (using kernel keycodes). If you enable Xkb, it also 
> works,
> > > but then you need the special X keymaps (for those that are 
> available) (no
> > > surprise).
> > >
> > > And I'd say `everything else works fine if you use _MEDIUMRAW_ instead of
> > > RAW'.
> >
> > Nope, you need to compile xf3/4 with ASSUME_CUSTOM_KEYCODES undefined _and_
> > use RAW keyboard mode, otherwise it won't work correctly for some keys and
> > XKB. Tested that on PC and PMac, cause I wanted to be sure that my xf4 
> patch
> > is as short as possible.
> >
>
>   What is the problem with MEDIUMRAW in the input layer ? we still can't use
>RAW for the old kernels so we will have to stick with MEDIUMRAW.
>In your patch you use RAW only when the at keycodes are used so its ok.

Kostas, there's no problem with MEDIUMRAW and ADB keycodes, but we were 
talking about CHRP/PReP, which use PS2 keyboards and must use RAW mode with 
ASSUME_CUSTOM_KEYCODES undefined to work as expected with XKB. You should 
know, you did extensive testing in this area :-).

>PS> There is a discussion in xfree about redesigning the keyboard driver
>but don't expect to see any changes in the near future.

Yeah, using the /dev/input/eventX devices for keyboard and mouse input 
would greatly simplify the situation and prepare us for real 
multihead/multiuser operation.

Franz.