Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2000 10:24:56 +0100 | From | Michael Westermann <> | Subject | i386 PC Keyboad Patch, for very exotic Keyboads |
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Hallo,
ich have wrote a Patch, for all the PS2-Keyboards what use exotic Scancodes and Functions. Teh backgroud is that we use Point of Sale Keyboards with Display , Keylock ans Magnetic Stripe Reader. On Keyboard send the Magnetic-Tracks in a Raw Format only as Scacodes. I can't handle this data in the user-space with the RAW Mode. The Original Keyboard Driver Can't handle this, the stati for Caps and Shift ar all false, after this. An other Problem ist that the orignal PS/2 Driver can't write data to the Keyboard for example an Keyboard with an Keylock. I must write a Command to the Keyboard, that than replay my the Keylock- position.
The Idee is that an Driver-module can registrated one keyboard-event-extention. with the Funktion.
register_kbd_ex unregister_kbd_ex
This Funktion can tah filtered the Exotic Scanodes.
I think this Patch is veriy interst for Keyboard'with additional Key-Funktions for example Keys for a CD-Player. The additional Keys can filtered in a Modular-Driver, wich used from the CD-Player.
My patch is written for a 2.2.16 Kernel, i think it is no Probem use the Patch for an other 2.2.* kernel, with a litte bit change for the 2.4.x kernel.
Please give me Comments
Michael Westermann
PS: We have installed over 10 Supermarket with Debian/Linux POS-Systemen ;-)
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