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diff --git a/source/a/kbd/sources/kbd-1.15-keycodes-man.patch b/source/a/kbd/sources/kbd-1.15-keycodes-man.patch new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d18a8c8b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/kbd/sources/kbd-1.15-keycodes-man.patch @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +diff -up kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1_old kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1 +--- kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1_old 2008-03-13 17:46:23.000000000 +0100 ++++ kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1 2008-12-10 12:31:38.000000000 +0100 +@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ corresponds to what the keyboard hardwar + to know the scan codes sent by various keys it is better to boot a + 2.4 kernel. Since 2.6.9 there also is the boot option atkbd.softraw=0 + that tells the 2.6 kernel to return the actual scan codes. ++ ++.SH NOTES ++The raw scan codes are available only on AT and PS/2 keyboards, ++and even then they are disabled unless the ++.B atkbd.softraw=0 ++kernel parameter is used. ++When the raw scan codes are not available, the kernel uses a fixed built-in ++table to produce scan codes from keycodes. Thus, ++.BR setkeycodes (8) ++can affect the output of ++.B showkey ++in scan code dump mode. ++ + .SH "SEE ALSO" + .BR loadkeys (1), + .BR dumpkeys (1), +diff -up kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8_old kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8 +--- kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8_old 2008-12-10 12:31:56.000000000 +0100 ++++ kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8 2008-12-10 12:37:36.000000000 +0100 +@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ to showkey(1), the command + will assign the keycode 112 to it, and then loadkeys(1) can be used + to define the function of this key. + ++USB keyboards have standardized keycodes and ++.B setkeycodes ++doesn't affect them at all. ++ + .SH "2.6 KERNELS" + In 2.6 kernels key codes lie in the range 1-255, instead of 1-127. + (It might be best to confine oneself to the range 1-239.) +@@ -54,6 +58,14 @@ None. + .SH BUGS + The keycodes of X have nothing to do with those of Linux. + Unusual keys can be made visible under Linux, but not under X. ++ ++.B setkeycodes ++affects only the "first" input device ++that has modifiable scancode-to-keycode mapping. ++If there is more than one such device, ++.B setkeycodes ++cannot change the mapping of other devices than the "first" one. ++ + .SH "SEE ALSO" + .I "dumpkeys (1), loadkeys (1), showkey (1), getkeycodes (8)" + |