Re: Need your input for keymap configuration

[Hartmut.Koptein@t-online.de (Hartmut Koptein)]

> # Subarches
> # FIXME: not done
> # Issues:
> # * ppc issues not fully asserted yet
> # * /proc/hardware, which only exists on m68k and ppc, seems to be
> #   an OPTION while configuring the kernel !
> #   Any fallback when it's not there ?
> # * USB set of keymap should contain what ? mac ? i386 ? subset of those ?
> 
> # SUBARCH	KEYMAP SET	DETECTION
> # m68k/atari	atari		"Model: Atari"
> # m68k/amiga	amiga		"Model: Amiga"
> # m68k/mac	mac		"Model: Macintosh"
> # m68k/mvme	i386		"Model: Motorola"
> # m68k/bvme	?		"Model: BVME[46]000"
> # m68k/{sun,apollo,next,q40,hp300} Not supported by Debian
> 
# powerpc/apus    amiga       "Model: Amiga"
# powerpc/chrp    i386,mac    "Model: CHRP"
# powerpc/pmac    mac         "Model: PowerMac|[Pp]ower[Bb]ook*|Power|iMac*|PowerMac1*"
# powerpc/prep    i386        "Model: PReP"
# powerpc/{bbox,mbx,ppc64,82xx,8xx} Not yet supported by Debian

The debian arch-name is powerpc, the kernel name it 'ppc'. 
apus, chrp, pmac, prep  are the Subarchs. 

I think that usb-keyboard have the same layout as adb-keyboards, its 
only a different connector. Same as serial and ps/2.  


PowerPc use /proc/cpuinfo 

> #  Any fallback when it's not there ?

 No.

I'ld like it to have a /etc/sysconf/ with the files

keyboard:

   Keytable="xxxxxlatin1-nodeadkeys"
   Keyboardtype="ps/2"


mouse:

  Mousetype="..."
  XMousetype="..."
  Fullname="xxxxx"
  XEmu=

This comes hopefully with the boot-floppies, so you can easily look
into /etc/sysconf/keyboard for "Keytable" and you know which Keymap
should be loaded. 

Thanks,

  Hartmut