Re: Need your input for keymap configuration
Chris Lawrence writes:
> [Cc'd since I don't know if you subscribe here.]
Right guess - thanks !
> m68k: atari, amiga, sun, next, mac, q40 (last uses i386 keymaps I
> think). VMEbus systems don't have keyboards, I think.
>
> ppc: mac, rs/6000, amiga
OK.
> > * 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
>
> On m68k, it's in /proc/hardware. I think the xf86config package
> includes an example of how to detect it.
OK - I'll first look for "/proc/hardware" in kernel sources, I already
have those.
> > * what to those subarches use for a set keymap ? It may be obvious
> > for some, as we have the amiga, atari, mac, and sun sets of
> > keyboards in /usr/share/keymaps/, but as there are several
> > generations of machines for some sub-arches, I'd like to know all
> > that is is to know in this field.
>
> At least on the Amiga, the keyboard interface is backward-compatible
> (extra keys were added after the A1000, but the keymaps for any other
> Amiga will work on an A1000). I believe Ataris are the same. I know
> NeXTs had two different types of keyboard interface (one type used
> Apple's interface, the other was proprietary). Clueless on Macs and
> Suns.
Seems we don't have any keymap for the proprietary NeXT keyboards
anyway...
> BTW, the debconf keyboard selection is really nice and straightforward
> on Intel; I'm impressed.
Well, I admit it is nice when you don't hit a bug - it has been my
primary source of bug reports in the last weeks :) And Joey did most
of hard work writing debconf, which was really what we missed for such
a job !
Thanks for the info,
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