[PATCH] force maximum keycode to be 255 in xf86-input-evdev evdev_key.c
Peter Hutterer
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Tue May 1 00:39:13 PDT 2007
Magnus Kessler wrote:
> The last commit to xf86-input-evdev evdev_key.c was made to cover the whole
> range of key codes up to 256 (0xff), but only introduced keycodes up to 247
> (0xf7). This patch adds the missing range up to 256.
most apps can't cope with growing/shrinking keymaps. The size of the
evdev keymap has to be exactly the size of the kbd keymap which happens
to have 0x7f entries.
Applying the patch will cause a lot of apps to fail on a BadValue in
GetKeyboardMapping.
Cheers,
Peter
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