[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 890] New: Phase out legacy keyboard driver (driver "keyboard").

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           Summary: Phase out legacy keyboard driver (driver "keyboard").
           Product: xorg
           Version: CVS_head
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Input/Keyboard
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: krh at bitplanet.net


The legacy keyboard driver is implemented in various files in hw/xfree86/common,
which leaves a lot of OS-specific code in the common directory.  Also, the
keyboard driver is hardwired into the initialization sequence, giving a lot of
special cases.

A worthwhile cleanup, which will remove ~4300 lines of code from the X server.

The new keyboard driver "kbd" provides a feature equivalent replacement, which
is contained in hw/xfree86/input/keyboard plus os-specific parts.  It's not
currently supported on all platforms, but by marking it as deprecated in the
next release (6.7 + 1) and removing it in the release after that, should allow
those platforms to catch up.       
  
  
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