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Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 02:06:36AM +0200, Richard Atterer wrote:
> > Phil wrote:
> > IMHO, the best solution would be to use the i386 keymaps, but convert
> > them to RiscPC maps (on the fly or while building the package) using
> > just one fixed lowlevel-to-lowlevel key code map.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here. If one plugs a PS/2 keyboard to a RiscPC,
> one should be able to use the same keymaps as on a PC, isn't it ? Or did I
> miss some specificity ?
Afraid not, the hardware controller produces different keycodes to a
PC. Of course, ARM Linux set appropriate defaults for when no map is
loaded, but loading a PC keymap has unfortunate consequences.
> > I have the following keyboards:
> > - original Acorn British (qwerty) [gathering dust /somewhere/...]
> > - original Acorn German (qwertz)
> > - M$ Natural Elite German (qwertz)
I've got a US keyboard, and an enhanced UK "multimedia" one too.
> > This means I can give you the lowlevel "showkey" keycodes for all of
> > these, including the additional key on German keyboards (between the Y
> > and left Shift) and the Meta+Menu keys.
>
> Well, I guess someone with the hardware will spend less time on this, and
> someone actually using it will probably have less trouble debugging it...
Richard's volunteered himself nicely :-)
Peter
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