From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>,
torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/44] Support for scroll wheel on Office keyboards
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:55:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040330185552.GB319@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040330130942.GC3084@openzaurus.ucw.cz>
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:09:43PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Apart from this concrete question - the number of keyboards and
> > mice is very large and growing by the day. I think it is hopeless
> > to try and teach the kernel about all details of each of them.
> > I think we should try to go for a keyboard/mouse definition file
> > maintained in user space and fed to the kernel.
>
> Well, if it can be maintained in userspace, it should be possible to maintain, too.
> Plus it seems to me that some keyboards are compatible with others... for example arima
> seems to generate same keycodes for "vol+" and "vol-" as compaq nx5000...
I'm not interested in maintaining this in the kernel - the database
would be rather large (say 100 kbyte) ...
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-30 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-16 14:17 [44 patches] Input update Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 1/44] Fix hid-core for devices with #usages < #values Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 2/44] Add ioctl to hiddev to set multiple usages at once Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 3/44] HID quirk (badpad) for Saitek Rumblepad Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 4/44] HID quirk for another A4Tech dual-wheel mouse Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 5/44] .ko module names for acm.txt Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 6/44] Fix sunkbd.c to work with serport Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 7/44] request_region() instead of check_region() in ns558.c Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 8/44] Don't reinitialize scancode map after sleep in atkbd.c Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 9/44] Support for scroll wheel on Office keyboards Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 10/44] Make enabling IBM RapidAccess special features its own option Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 11/44] Convert HP/PARISC Lasi/Dino PS/2 driver to a serio driver Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 12/44] Credit to Panagiotis Issaris for Graphire 3 support Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 13/44] Remove the obsolete busmouse.c helper driver Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 14/44] Fix a warning in i8042.c Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 15/44] Add serio entries for LK keyboards Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 16/44] Whitespace in atkbd.c Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 17/44] Automatically decide how strictly to check the protocol in synaptics Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 18/44] Whitespace fixes in psmouse.c Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 19/44] Don't fail when mouse reset doesn't work Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 20/44] Add module_parm_array() helper Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 21/44] Convert joystick drivers to new module parameters Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 22/44] Create __obsolete_setup() macro to warn users about obsolete kernel params Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 23/44] Use __obsolete_setup() in input drivers to warn " Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 24/44] Workaround i8042 chips with broken MUX mode Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 25/44] Only reprobe on PS/2 HW when the HW sends 0xaa Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 26/44] Always assume i8042 is in XLATE mode Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-16 14:19 ` [PATCH 27/44] Add DEC LK201/LK401 keyboard support Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-17 19:08 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2004-03-16 18:46 ` [PATCH 9/44] Support for scroll wheel on Office keyboards Aubin LaBrosse
2004-03-19 14:00 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-03-27 19:55 ` Andries Brouwer
2004-03-30 13:09 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-30 17:05 ` Paul Wagland
2004-03-30 18:55 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2004-03-30 18:53 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-05-29 14:36 ` Vojtech Pavlik
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