hal-info keymap and asus laptops

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Sun Dec 28 06:45:53 PST 2008


On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 01:01:43PM +0100, Khashayar Naderehvandi wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there any particular reason why
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/hal-info/tree/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-module-asus-laptop.fdi
> only matches one model of Asus laptops? The keycodes seem to be
> similar, if not identical, on my N20A, and as far as I understand,
> most Asus laptops.

No, but until recently the Asus module didn't generate input events 
without patching, so it's likely nobody noticed.

> If I haven't misunderstood something here, I could add some more
> input.keymap.data (like brightness up & down), and remove the model
> matching, and supply this list with a patch. Would that be desirable?

Please.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org


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