Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Magic sysrq fails to work on many keyboards, particulary most of
> notebook keyboards. This should help...
>
> The idea is quite simple: Discard the SysRq break code if Alt is still
> being held down. This way the broken keyboard can send the break code
> (or the user with a normal keyboard can release the SysRq key) and the
> kernel waits until the next key is pressed or the Alt key is released.
>
> From: Fredrik Roubert <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
>
What kernel are you patching here?
> index 5d84839..4602cf3 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
> @@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ unsigned char kbd_sysrq_xlate[KEY_MAX +
> "\206\207\210\211\212\000\000789-456+1" /* 0x40 - 0x4f */
> "230\177\000\000\213\214\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000" /* 0x50 - 0x5f */
> "\r\000/"; /* 0x60 - 0x6f */
> -static int was_sysrq;
> +static int sysrq_down;
> +static int sysrq_alt_use;
bix:/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-rc4> grep was_sysrq drivers/char/sysrq.c
bix:/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-rc4>
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