From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on sa.local.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:11:45 +0100 From: Alexey Gladkov To: Hannes Winkler Message-ID: <20200207101145.2ntnc6oopq7vrxom@comp-core-i7-2640m-0182e6> Mail-Followup-To: Hannes Winkler , kbd@lists.altlinux.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: kbd@lists.altlinux.org Subject: Re: [kbd] add keymap loading for event devices X-BeenThere: kbd@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: Linux console tools development discussion List-Id: Linux console tools development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:11:48 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:14:29AM +0100, Hannes Winkler wrote: > Good morning, > > there's currently no way to easily apply a keymap (given as a keymap file) > to an event device. I'm not sure that I understand what kind of devices you are talking about. Can you explain more ? > What do you think about adding such a feature to loadkeys? That'd also > enable udev to easily apply the system keymap to hotplugged event devices. Yes. If it will be useful. > Keymaps are practically the only thing evdevs keep as global state > (everything else on a per-fd basis), so you don't need to apply the keymap > every time you open an evdev. It's sufficient to apply the keymap to the > evdev once, when it's plugged in - loadkeys would be perfect for this. > > I'd be willing to contribute if you agree to add this feature to loadkeys. Patches are welcome :) -- Rgrds, legion