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SubjectRe: [patch] fix magic sysrq on strange keyboards
Hi!

Sorry, probably sent patch to my own kernel... This one should be
better.

Pavel

---

Magic sysrq fails to work on many keyboards, particulary most of
notebook keyboards. This should help...

The idea is quite simple: Discard the SysRq break code if Alt is still
being held down. This way the broken keyboard can send the break code
(or the user with a normal keyboard can release the SysRq key) and the
kernel waits until the next key is pressed or the Alt key is released.

From: Fredrik Roubert <roubert@df.lth.se>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>

diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 5755b7e..4602cf3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ unsigned char kbd_sysrq_xlate[KEY_MAX +
"230\177\000\000\213\214\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000" /* 0x50 - 0x5f */
"\r\000/"; /* 0x60 - 0x6f */
static int sysrq_down;
+static int sysrq_alt_use;
#endif
static int sysrq_alt;

@@ -1142,7 +1143,7 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int key
kbd = kbd_table + fg_console;

if (keycode == KEY_LEFTALT || keycode == KEY_RIGHTALT)
- sysrq_alt = down;
+ sysrq_alt = down ? keycode : 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC
if (keycode == KEY_STOP)
sparc_l1_a_state = down;
@@ -1162,9 +1163,14 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int key

#ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ /* Handle the SysRq Hack */
if (keycode == KEY_SYSRQ && (sysrq_down || (down == 1 && sysrq_alt))) {
- sysrq_down = down;
+ if (!sysrq_down) {
+ sysrq_down = down;
+ sysrq_alt_use = sysrq_alt;
+ }
return;
}
+ if (sysrq_down && !down && keycode == sysrq_alt_use)
+ sysrq_down = 0;
if (sysrq_down && down && !rep) {
handle_sysrq(kbd_sysrq_xlate[keycode], regs, tty);
return;

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