Re: keybdev

[James S. <jsi...@su...>]

> I know the documentation dezcribes keybdev as a hack, but I didnt realise
> justt how bad it was: I just got a USB keyboard (designed for Mac) and
> plugged it in and it works fine, but when I modprobe keybdev it remaps
> the keycodes on my other keyboard, making it unuable. Removing the module
> doesnt revert the keymaps either. Surely this is so broken that it can
> be fixed even in a feauture freeze...

Are you using a ruby kernel? For the standard 2.4.0-testX kernels you
have:

AT keyboards:

pc_keyb.c -(raw)-> keyboard.c -(raw)-> pc_keyb.c -->
>--(cooked)-> keyboard.c -(chars)-> tty

USB using keybdev:

usb.c -(usb)-> hid.c -(events)-> input.c -(events)-> keybdev.c -->
>--(raw)-> keyboard.c -(raw)-> pc_keyb.c -(cooked)-> keyboard.c -->
>--(chars)-> tty

--------------------------------------------------------------------
For Ruby we do:

AT keybaords:

i8042.c -(raw)-> atkbd.c -(events)-> input.c -->
>--(events)-> keyboard.c -(chars)-> tty

USB keyboards:

usb.c -(usb)-> hid.c -(events)-> input.c -->
>--(events)-> keyboard.c -(chars)-> tty
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

For ruby you don't need keybdev.c. Also USB works great under ruby. Note
for ruby a vidoe terminal is defined as a video output and a keyboard. If
you have 2 keyboards and one monitor it sees it as a single VT. In the
future we will have a userland daemon that will allow wierd combos that
people want.

> Anyone know why the power buttons on Mac keyboards arent mapped at all
> (using evtest under 2.2.18pre15, its a ALCOR QTRONIX KBD HUB).

Hum? Have you tried showkey as well?