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SubjectRe: keyboard scancodes
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 01:37:00AM -0500, James Simmons wrote:

> The console system really needs a major overhaul. Keynoard hanlding is
> just one thing. Their also is multihead support thet needs to be
> added. Then their is also expanding the character size from 8 bit to
> 16. This way you can display up to 65K types of characters. With this
> asian characters can be displayed. Their are also other little things
> needed to be done.

The input drivers (www.suse.cz/development/input) already have some
basics of multihead support on console, and have no trouble running
multiheaded X (only the XFree portion is missing, but being worked on).

The input drivers don't touch the display part, so anything like that
would have to be a separate effort.

--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs

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