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SubjectRe: keyboard problem with 2.6.6
On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 03:23:20PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:

> >>> But showkeys -s shows 0x5b when the key in question is pressed
> >>> (and no release event!!??)
>
> 0x5b is 91 which is x86_keycodes[101].
>
> Yes, so all is clear:
> The 2.6 kernel no longer has a raw mode - it has a simulated raw mode
> that is not very raw. When you updated the table used for the
> scancode->keycode translation, the table used to reconstruct what
> might have been the original scancode was not changed accordingly.
> Thus, showkeys -s gave a garbage answer.
>
> Thanks for the report. It shows that resurrecting raw mode is even
> more desirable than I thought at first.

What for?

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