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Re: FN KEY and 2.6.1(3|4)



On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:15:23PM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote:
> Hello Sven,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 08:54:43PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Maybe a big help would be to get it into the debian kernel to start with,
> > don't you think ? 
> 
> This would be great!
> 
> Somebody was unhappy because the patch maps the fn-key to the
> (otherwise unused on PowerBooks) keycode for the right control key.
> But as far as I know nobody came up with a better idea and it is only
> an aesthetical problem and not a technical one.  So I think this is
> not a proper reason to not include it.

Well, if the patch works, then great :).

> Are there other objections?
> 
> Otherwise, should I file a wishlist bug with the patch appended?
> Which package would I file it for?

linux-2.6, version 2.6.13+2.6.14-rc4-1 for now, and preferably a patch against
2.6.14-rc4.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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