Re: [patch] Update of the input subsystem - 37 csets

From: Christoph Hellwig (hch@infradead.org)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 09:14:52 EST


On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:10:25PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:49:39PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > * Some laptops take the 789uiojklm,. keys as number pad when NumLock is on.
> > * This seems a good reason to start with NumLock off.
> > */
> > +#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PC9800
> > #define KBD_DEFLEDS 0
> > +#else
> > +#define KBD_DEFLEDS (1 << VC_NUMLOCK)
> > +#endif
> > #endif
> >
> > This ifdef is the wrong way around.
>
> The ifdef is the right way around. KBD_DEFLEDS used to be 0. Now
> KBD_DEFLEDS is also 0, except when CONFIG_X86_PC9800 is defined. Note
> it's an if*n*def there.

yes, that's what I meant :) Don't use ifndef nless nessecary.
Sorry for the unclear wording.

> Hmm. I know this isn't the prefered way of doing it, but so far it's the
> most convenient one - serio.h still changes now and then (adding new
> #defines, etc), and the only one program using it is inputattach.c. To
> me it seems quite sane to have inputattach.c include this kernel header.
> If you know of any other reasonably maintainable way to do it ...

split serio.h into serio_ids.h (the ids used by inputattach.c) and serio.h
(the actual kernel header). Copy over serio_ids.h to the inputattach source
tarball and resync it whenever nessecary.

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