> > My system involves a kernelspace driver to intercept these codes, and a
> > user-space daemon to process them.
> OK. From your letter I got the impression that you thought that this
> keyboard required special hardware support. But the hardware is
> handled fine, and you want to have a hook where a kernel module can
> be called for given scan codes or key codes (or mouse events, ...).
This may be true for the keyboard mentioned earlier in this thread, but for
my keyboard (IBM RapidAccess) hardware support is required. I got a CD with
my keyboard, with Windows (9x/NT) drivers on it, and rumour has it that if
you warm-boot into Linux from windows (with the drivers installed) the keys
generate scan-codes. A hard reset obviously resets the keyboard-controller
(or something), and stops the scancode-generation. I have not confirmed
this myself though, as I haven't got windows on this computer.
The keyboard sounds as if it's got the same keys as the "Internet Keyboard"
mentioned earlier, with CD-buttons, volume + mute, 4 "programmable" buttons
(ie changeable labels), help and sleep. There are also two extra LEDs on
the keyboard, one connected to the mute button and the other to the sleep-
button. The LEDs are not important at all (although I expect that if we
have to create hardware-support for it it shouldn't be too hard), but the
buttons would be nice...
I e-mailed IBM about half a year ago about the specs for the keyboard, but
never received a reply. I guess it's worth another try...
Anyway, I've got Microsofts Windows DDK, and an option to borrow another
RapidAccess keyboard, and intend to find out how to initialise the keyboard
- however, if a solution already exists, there is no need for me to do that.
Any ideas?
> In your case it is probably easiest to use setkeycodes to assign keycodes
> to these keys, and put your hook at the keycode level.
Alas, that is not an option for me, until I get the keyboard to generate
these scan-codes.
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