Submitted for your consideration (and it should go upstream, too).
This is deeply obvious, but I added comments to explain what's being done
here.
(So just in case copyright issues apply to the comments or something:
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this patch for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee. I make no representation
about the suitability of it for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranties.)
This is untested, but it ought to work.
--- lnx_io.c.orig 2004-01-14 20:01:04.000000000 -0500
+++ lnx_io.c 2004-01-14 20:14:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@
#include <asm/kbio.h>
#endif
-/* Deal with spurious kernel header change */
+/* Deal with spurious kernel header change in struct kbd_repeat.
+ We undo this define after the routine using that struct is over,
+ so as not to interfere with other 'rate' elements. */
#if defined(LINUX_VERSION_CODE) && defined(KERNEL_VERSION)
# if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,42)
# define rate period
@@ -115,6 +117,13 @@
#endif /* KDKBDREP */
}
+/* Undo the earlier define for the struct kbd_repeat problem. */
+#if defined(LINUX_VERSION_CODE) && defined(KERNEL_VERSION)
+# if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,42)
+# undef rate
+# endif
+#endif
+
static int
KIOCSRATE_ioctl_ok(int rate, int delay) {
#ifdef KIOCSRATE
--
Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
