Re: [RFC] Proposed transition plan for adb -> linux keycodes

[Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@hmc.edu>]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:

> * console-data when upgraded from previous versions will check the
>   status of the dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes sysctl:
> 	- If the sysctl does not exist at all we have either a custom,
> 	  misconfigured kernel, or a very old potato kernel.  Explain
> 	  this situation and what to do about it [2].

I believe that this sysctl only exists on systems with *both* H the new
input layer *and* CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES. This was true as of 2.2.17, but
I haven't tested empirically since then.

I this is correct, then we can't use the sysctl to distinguish old kernels
with no new input layer from new kernels with no adb keycodes.