hi, after some thought, i decided on friday to port all of the 2.4.27 code over to 2.6.11.7.
bearing in mind that reading from /dev/input/evdev0 worked fine on 2.4.27 - and now also works fine under 2.6.11.7 - the exact same problem occurs on 2.6.11.7 as occurred under 2.4.27 - hanging of the linux kernel whilst providing absolutely zero crash/debugging information responses whatsoever. this device does _not_ have and cannot have a standard PC keyboard attached to it. in order to be able to debug what is going on, i have enabled a dummy/virtual serial console, all is well so far. in order to test the screen, i have written, enabled, tested, confirmed as reasonably working, a framebuffer driver (which i would like to make the console framebuffer - eventually - when the serial console is disabled and no longer needed - so i am enabling Framebuffer Console support AS WELL as serial console support) now i load the keyboard event module... splat - absolutely no response: complete lock-up. okay, let's try that again. reboot. install the keyboard event module. install evdev module. run a program (multilog) which is a bit like tail -f except it outputs to a logging file rather than to stdout on /dev/input/evdev0 and press a few buttons. do a hexdump -C on the output from multilog - GREAT! oh...keeyyy... so, individually, the components work fine. put them together, and something goes badly wrong. has _anyone_ else tried running two console drivers at the same time? should it be expected to work? any assistance / guidance greatly appreciated. l. ----- Forwarded message from Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [2.4.27 arm skyminder] writing new keyboard handler - help! hi, please respond cc to me because i am not on the lkml. for a new arm linux embedded device called a skyminder, i'm responsible for getting all the drivers working. ha ha. the success of this device presents the linux community with an opportunity to own a linux-based mobile phone (even if it's not a very small phone - 8cm x 10cm x 1cm) - and it has a GPS module in it, as well. i'm endeavouring to adapt various bits of code to create a keyboard driver. they've adopted 2.4.27 and are too far down the line to move to 2.6 - yet. i particularly want to avoid - if i can - compiling this keyboard driver under development into the kernel (even though it's the primary keyboard) because downloading 600k over a serial link into flash ram isn't a) funny b) a good idea c) slows development time down. with that in mind, so far, i have: - cut/paste pc_keyb.c just like everyone else has (in celps_keyb.c, c711x_keyb.c, dummy_keyb.c etc.) to create k_translate, k_unexpected_up, k_setkeycode and k_getkeycode routines. - cut/paste usbkbd.c and adapted it to successfully call input_report_key on a key press and key release. then, on installation of module input, keybdev and sky_buttons, i happily get debug messages indicating key presses (keycode 31 indicating 's') ... but no actual key events appear down my serial console. so, my question is: does anyone know off the top of their heads what i may have missed out that causes the keybdev event handler to _not_ actually stuff keys out? am i... like... missing something really obvious, given that the console has been set to "serial"? where should i look to, to find the keys being outputted, if they're going anywhere? help, help, gloop. cheers, l. -- -- <a href="http://lkcl.net">http://lkcl.net</a> -- ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -- <a href="http://lkcl.net">http://lkcl.net</a> -- - 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/