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    SubjectChanges to include/linux/input.h are no longer taken into account
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    Hi,

    Up until recently, in order to be able to use the zoom slider on my MS
    Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 I used a patched version of
    include/linux/input.h, in which a few definitions were changed so
    several special keys produced keycodes <= 255, like

    #define KEY_ZOOMIN 0x0f6 /* AC Zoom In == 246 */
    #define KEY_ZOOMOUT 0x0f7 /* AC Zoom Out == 247 */

    Now X is able to process these keycodes.

    Earlier this month, I upgraded the kernel and made sure that input.h
    still contained these changed values. However, when I use showkey I
    get the following output

    keycode 418 press
    keycode 418 release
    keycode 419 press
    keycode 419 release

    instead of the lower values I provided. I flipped through the latest
    kernel changes, but was not able to find a change that might have
    influenced the keycodes, only one change about the inclusion order
    inside linux/input.h [1]. I am currently using commit
    d31bf2883542cd3414674238f94123bd1d9c0b9f.

    I know that the actual problem resides in the way how X handles
    keycodes [2] and it can (also) be circumvented using a patched
    xf86-input-evdev [3], but I still think this case is a bug.

    Kind regards, Marcel

    [1] http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1107.3/02089.html
    [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11227
    [3] http://www.thenautilus.net/SW/xf86-input-evdev/


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