newer xfree86 4.0.1 patches

[Kostas Gewrgiou]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Franz Sirl wrote:

> > I can't speak about XF4, but with XF3 all of these work out-of-the-box if
> > you disable Xkb (using kernel keycodes). If you enable Xkb, it also works,
> > but then you need the special X keymaps (for those that are available) (no
> > surprise).
> >
> > And I'd say `everything else works fine if you use _MEDIUMRAW_ instead of
> > RAW'.
>
> Nope, you need to compile xf3/4 with ASSUME_CUSTOM_KEYCODES undefined _and_
> use RAW keyboard mode, otherwise it won't work correctly for some keys and
> XKB. Tested that on PC and PMac, cause I wanted to be sure that my xf4 patch
> is as short as possible.
>

  What is the problem with MEDIUMRAW in the input layer ? we still can't use
RAW for the old kernels so we will have to stick with MEDIUMRAW.
In your patch you use RAW only when the at keycodes are used so its ok.

PS> There is a discussion in xfree about redesigning the keyboard driver
but don't expect to see any changes in the near future.

 Kostas.


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