[E3-hacking] [RFC][PATCH 4/5] input: serio: add support for Amstrad Delta serial keyboard port
Janusz Krzysztofik
jkrzyszt at tis.icnet.pl
Fri Dec 11 03:09:58 GMT 2009
Friday 11 December 2009 03:36:58 Dmitry Torokhov napisał(a):
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 09:07:50PM +0100, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * This table converts the amstrad mailboard scancodes to normal PC-
> > AT scancodes
> > + * The diagram below shows the amstrad keyboard, with the raw
> > scancodes
> > + *
> > + * (70) (7A) (46) (7C) (77) Amstrad (72) (69) (1A) (2A)
> > (1C) (15)
> > + * [ 71][1:74][2:73][3:6B][4:22][5:1B][6:1D][7:1E][8:79][9:7D]
> > [0:75][ 6C]
> > + * [Q:21][W:23][E:24][R:26][T:52][Y:5D][U:0D][I:0E][O:32][P:34] |
> > return|
> > + * [A:31][S:33][D:35][F:36][G:29][H:5B][J:03][K:76][L:3A][@:3B]
> >
> > | 2C|
> >
> > + * [ 3C][Z:3D][X:4E][C:54][V:0B][B:05][N:41][M:42][.:43][ 3E]
> > [ 55]
> > + * [ 83][ 06][ 49][ 4B ][,:44][ 16][ 2E]
> > [ 09]
> > + *
> > + * These scancodes are then translated to AT scancodes using the
> > following table
> > + * The amstrad keyboard does not produce any extended scancodes,
> > but we need to
> > + * translate some amstrad scancodes to a AT extended scancode,
> > hence the 16bit
> > + * value for the translated scancode
> > + *
>
> No, please write a proper keyboard driver instead of creating this
> Frankenstain monster. It is not a generic serio-style data source so it
> should not use serio, should reside in drivers/input/keyboard and create
> input device by itself.
>
> Thanks.
Hi Dmitry,
Thanks for your opinion.
Lack of support for Amstrad Delta external keybord is not a problem for me,
since I use the machine as an IP phone, not a network terminal. I just
thought it would be nice for other users to have this old but perfectly
working driver integrated into the mainline. But if it is that bad as you
say, I have no problem with dropping it.
I'll see if I'm able to create a proper driver myself when I find some spare
time.
Thanks,
Janusz
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