Messages in this thread | | | From | "Norman Diamond" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test5 vs. Japanese keyboards | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:44:12 +0900 |
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Andries Brouwer and Norman Diamond:
> > > I think no kernel changes are required to use Japanese keyboards > > > today. > > > (But kbd has to be recompiled with NR_KEYS set to 256.) > > > > I'm not convinced yet. defkeymap.c_shipped is included in the > > downloadable .bz2 file and it is inadequate. > > But defkeymap is inadequeate for German, it is inadequate for French, > why would it be adequate for Japanese?
I think that if defkeymap.c_shipped were inadequate for German and French then you already would have fixed it. I don't have experience with those keyboards but would guess that defkeymap.c_shipped is probably adequate for loadkeys to load a working keymap for German or French.
We have already discussed the fact that defkeymap.c_shipped is not adequate to load a working keymap for Japanese. In order to be capable of loading a working keymap, defkeymap.c_shipped needs patching. This is why the patch looked so big. Of course a working defkeymap.c_shipped should be generated automatically from a different keymap file which doesn't need nearly as big a patch. Nonetheless defkeymap.c_shipped is part of the kernel, isn't it? No matter how what method and how small an originating patch are used in getting this one fixed, it is a part of the kernel that is getting fixed here, isn't it?
> It is just the random default you get when no keymap was loaded.
It is that plus more. It includes limits that prevent certain keymaps from getting set when loaded.
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