Re: [patch 04/33] m68k: Atari keyboard and mouse support.

Hi,

On Thu, 3 May 2007, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> > > +       for (i = 1; i < 0x72; i++) {
> > > +               atakbd_keycode[i] = i;
> > > +               set_bit(atakbd_keycode[i], atakbd_dev->keybit);
> >
> > It looks like this driver is not using standard input event codes.

Actually it does, it just sort of works because Atari generates mostly 
AT keycodes.

> > If
> > Roman does not want to adjust keymaps on Amiga and Atari that should
> > be handled in legacy keyboard driver (drivers/char/keyboard.c). As it
> > is programs using /dev/input/eventX have no chance of working.

I explained already at a earlier occasion, why this "generic" keycode 
thing is broken by design, which makes connecting multiple keyboards with 
different mappings impossible. 

bye, Roman
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