On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 11:47:14PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi all, > > As some of you might know from my earlier post/thread about atkbd and > softraw, I'm currently working on getting keyboards with internet/easy > access keys to work painlessly / plug and play. > > In order to be able to better test / develop this I've bought 2 cheap such > keyboards today, one ps2 and one both usb and ps2 capable. > > When comparing usb vs ps2 / testing the keycodes generated for the easy > access > keys on my trust (microsoft compatible) keyboard. I noticed the homepage > key sends keycode 150 with ps2 and 172 with USB, or for those who don't > know the keycodes by head with ps2 it sends KEY_WWW and with usb it sends > KEY_HOMEPAGE > > I personally believe that the usb behaviour is correct and that the ps/2 > code should be modified to match for consistency. The ps/2 scancode to > keycode mapping is set up to handle easy access / internet keys for > microsoft compatible keyboards. So what is the right code to send here, > tricky, see: > http://www.s2.com.br/s2arquivos/361/Imagens/555Image.jpg > http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_images/microsoft_ergonomic_keyboard_4000_black_usb_large.jpg > > The logo on the key is a homepage logo, the text below is www/homepage. So > what to send? I believe that for consistency with the usb codes send it > should be KEY_HOMEPAGE, but thats based on a sample of 1 usb keyboard. > Input on what other usb keyboards send for the key with the homepage iocn > is very much welcome.
KEY_HOMEPAGE is likely correct. Maybe we don't want to have KEY_WWW at all, since it seems to be redundant. -- Vojtech Pavlik Director SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
