On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 08:30:07PM +0200, Henrik Carlqvist wrote: > SUN Type 4, 5 and 5c keyboards have dip switches to choose the language > layout > of the keyboard. Solaris makes an ioctl to query the value of the dipswitches > and uses that value to select keyboard layout. Also the SUN bios like the > one > in the file ss5.bin uses this value to support at least some keyboard > layouts. > However, the OpenBIOS provided with qemu is hardcoded to always use an US > keyboard layout. > > Before this patch, qemu allways gave dip switch value 0x21 (US keyboard), > this patch uses a command line switch like > "-global escc.chnA-sunkbd-layout=de" to select dip switch value. A table is > used to lookup values from arguments like: > > -global escc.chnA-sunkbd-layout=fr > -global escc.chnA-sunkbd-layout=es > > But the patch also accepts numeric dip switch values directly: > > -global escc.chnA-sunkbd-layout=0x2b > -global escc.chnA-sunkbd-layout=43 > > Both values above are the same and select swedish keyboard as explained in > table 3-15 at > https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/806-6642/new-43/index.html > > Unless you want to do a full Solaris installation but happen to have > access to a Sun bios file, the easiest way to test that the patch works > is to: > > qemu-system-sparc -global escc.chnA-sunkbd-layout=sv -bios /path/to/ss5.bin > > If you already happen to have a Solaris installation in a qemu disk image > file you can easily try different keyboard layouts after this patch is > applied. > > Signed-off-by: Henrik Carlqvist <hc1...@poolhem.se> > ---
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