Re: HELP with aiptek and keybdev

[Svetoslav S. <ga...@st...>]

Hi 
thanks for the fast reply
> All linus-tree stuff is rewrited here. Keyboard interface put back in
> ruby
> CVS when
> ruby code ported into linux-dj. IMHO very hard get back keyboard
> interface.
> 
> 
> If You lost keyboard , You can play with kbd_connect() keyboard.c
> Any correctly detected keyboard call this to find free VT.
> 
i'll take a look , just upladed diff between your and my drivers/char/keyboard.c
and smth else the patch you made about XFree (and this one as well)
shouldn't it be smth like :
 --- linux.orig/drivers/char/keyboard.c Wed Apr 10 01:32:01 2002
 +++ linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c     Thu Jun 27 11:12:01 2002
and not :
> --- drivers/char/keyboard.c.org Wed Apr 10 01:32:01 2002
> +++ drivers/char/keyboard.c     Thu Jun 27 11:12:01 2002
what if it didn't find keyboard.c.orig
> @@ -1089,16 +1089,19 @@
>                  if(vt->next && !vt->next->keyboard ) {
>                         vt = vt->next;
>                         continue;
>                 }
>                  if (!vt->keyboard ) {
>                          vt->keyboard = handle;
>                         handle->private = vt;
>                         vt_map_input(vt);
> +/* Place here Your code like */
> +/* printk("KBD_CONNECT: same keyboard mapped with %08x\n", vt); */
> +/* vt has no name */
>                         break;
>                 }
>                 vt = vt->next;
>         }
> 
>         /* If we have more keyboards than VTs we still register the
> handler.
>          * It is possible someone might add a graphics card thus
> needing
> the
>           * keyboard later */
> 
> 
> I try start Your kernel and get nasty old bug.
which one :)
> tty_struct tty->termios are destroyed or uninitialized or filled with
> garbage.
> IMHO  my backstreet-ruby has same bug, but that do not pop up.
> First I should find this, then do merging with CVS ruby.
> My knowlege is to few for fast work.
> 
> Unfortunately I must finish one comercial project.
> 
> Best regards
> Aivils
thanks once again for the fast reply

svetljo