Re: Lots of kernel problems with U30
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:33:26 -0400 (EDT)
Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org> wrote:
> Probably I wasn't completely correct. You do not have to select the i386
> layout, you just do not need to do anything in userspace to setup the
> console keymap. As I understand, somewhere between the 2.4 and 2.6 the
> keymap setting was moved from userspace to kernel space, so that kernel
> detects the keyboard type and sets the correct keymap itself.
2.4.x kernel keyboard device outputs Sun keyboard codes, 2.6.x
kernel keyboard device outputs i386 keyboard codes.
This is why using Sun keyboard maps in userspace with a 2.6.x
kernel gives bogus results.
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