Hi Colin,
Thanks for your report.
Looking at your patch, you removed mac_kbd.c from powerpc.
I'd prefer to do the following: check in mac-kbd.c:
fd = open("/proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes", O_RDONLY);
if ((fd < 0) || (read(fd,&c, 1) != 1)) {
di_info ("Failed to open
/proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes;
Assuming not adb");
k->present = FALSE;
return keyboards;
}
close(fd);
if (c != '0') {
di_info ("Sending linux keycodes ; not using ADB keymaps\n");
k->present = FALSE;
return keyboards;
}
This allows kbd-chooser to be used on a running system
as well as in d-i. Can you please verify this would work
as planned on powerpc?
On review, it was a mistake to couple "architecture"
(AT / USB / etc.) to keymap choice in d-i. All the
keymaps in console-keymaps-usb are for the mac keyboards;
"PC" USB keyboards use AT keymaps; etc.
However fixing that now in sarge would be too much breakage, so I am including
your patch; and doing the following:
- Read the USB vendor code from /proc/bus/usb/devices ;
if the keyboard vendor != Apple, don't use the "USB" (Mac USB)
keymaps.
- If in kbd-chooser.c we find no keyboards, and we're not using a serial console,
use AT keymaps.
Any comments ? Do you know of a way to detect ADB keyboards
on 2.4 / 2.6 kernels?
- Alastair
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