atkbd keys missing

[Ken Moffat]

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Brad Boyer wrote:

>>  Is there a powerpc(64) keyboard driver that I'm overlooking, or has
>> anybody any pointers to where I should be looking, please ?
>
> Since you are running it through a USB adaptor, I would expect it to
> show up as a USB keyboard to the system. The atkbd driver is for a
> keyboard directly connected to an AT or PS/2 style port on the system,
> which actually acts more like a normal serial port. Take a look at
> usbhid (in drivers/usb/input) to see if that is where it's actually
> getting handled. You probably have messages in the logs from the USB
> detection code if that is the case. Here's some from one of my boxes:
>
> input: USB HID v1.00 Keyboard [Macally Macally iKey     ] on usb-0001:02:0b.1-2.2.5.1
>

  Brad,

  thanks for clarifying the role of atkbd.  I'll take a look at the usb 
code, and dig through my logs.  Cheers.

Ken
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