On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 08:56:43AM +0100, Hartmut Koptein wrote:
> > As you may have seen from recent bug reports ;), I'm currently adding
> > support for debconf-driven keymap choice to console-data and friends,
> > but need the following help for ppc/m68k machines:
> >
> > * what sub-architectures are there for each arch ?
> > My guess: m68k -> atari, amiga, sun, next(, mac) ; ppc -> mac, RS/6000
>
> m68k: amiga, atari, mac, bvme*
> powerpc: apus, chrp, pmac, prep (mbx)
>
>
> > * how may I caracterize each of these archs ? IIRC I was told about
> > some field in a /proc file, but I'd need more precise info,
> > ie. exact strings/regexps to match
> >
>
> To select it from /proc this will help:
>
> case "$arch" in
> m68k)
> # When I was and my heart was an open book, I thought awk was not
> Essential...
> # machinemodel=$(cat /proc/hardware | ( read line; set -- $line; if [
> "$1" = "Model:" ]; then echo $2 ; fi ))
> machinemodel=$(awk '/Model:/ { print $2 }' < /proc/hardware)
> case "$machinemodel" in
> Amiga) ln -sf amigamouse /dev/mouse ;;
> Atari) ln -sf atarimouse /dev/mouse ;;
> Macintosh) ln -sf adbmouse /dev/mouse ;;
> Motorola|BVME4000|BVME6000) echo "Warning: $machinemodel machines
> have no supported mouse type." ;;
> *)
> echo "Warning: cannot auto-detect mouse; unknown model of
> Motorola m68k machine."
> echo "Please send mail to <debian-68k@lists.debian.org>
> describing your hardware." ;;
> esac ;;
> powerpc)
> machinemodel=$(awk '/^machine/ { print $3 }' < /proc/cpuinfo)
> case "$machinemodel" in
> Apus) ln -sf amigamouse /dev/mouse ;;
Hartmut, Apus system are identified by machine : Amiga in /proc/cpuinfo.
> #if #cpu (m68k)
> struct d_choices keymaps_ami[]={
> { "amiga-us", "U.S. English (Amiga)" , KBD_C},
> { "amiga-de", "Germany (Amiga)" , KBD_de_DE}
The same goes for powerpc/apus. i would love to have a amiga-fr keymap also,
as it is the third most popular linux/m68k country after the english speaking
ones and germany. maybe a sweddish keymap would be fine also.
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
