Re: [PATCH] Get NUMLOCK from PC BIOS

2008-01-02 Thread Niels de Vos
> + If you have an alternative firmware like OpenFirmware or LinuxBios, > + this flag might not be set correctly, which results in a random state > + of the Numlock key. Looks good. But would it not be helpfull to have a kernel-parameter for overruling the BIOS-setting? Cheers,

Re: [PATCH] Get NUMLOCK from PC BIOS

2008-01-02 Thread Niels de Vos
+ If you have an alternative firmware like OpenFirmware or LinuxBios, + this flag might not be set correctly, which results in a random state + of the Numlock key. Looks good. But would it not be helpfull to have a kernel-parameter for overruling the BIOS-setting? Cheers,

[PATCH] Get NUMLOCK from PC BIOS

2007-12-30 Thread Bodo Eggert
This patch enables reading the default NUMLOCK status from the BIOS data area as defined for IBM PCs (1981). Using this area has been a reliable way to detect (or set) the NUMLOCK status for about 27 years, and it will continue to work on any IBM-compatible system that might run DOS. Especially,

[PATCH] Get NUMLOCK from PC BIOS

2007-12-30 Thread Bodo Eggert
This patch enables reading the default NUMLOCK status from the BIOS data area as defined for IBM PCs (1981). Using this area has been a reliable way to detect (or set) the NUMLOCK status for about 27 years, and it will continue to work on any IBM-compatible system that might run DOS. Especially,