[oe] [patch commit request] kdrive xserver: support for key codes 128-255

[Paul Sokolovsky]

Hello,

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:00:34 -0600
Junqian Gordon Xu <xjqian at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/03/2008 03:57 PM, Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> > Junqian Gordon Xu wrote:
> >> On 01/30/2008 06:13 AM, Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> >>>> Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> >>>> Can you please elaborate what the application of this patch
> >>>> would mean for OE (besides fixing support for one specific
> >>>> obscure peripheral)? 
> >> I guess I probably would be yelled at for not raising this before 
> >> committing your patch.
> >>
> >> Is this patch specific to Zaurus clamshells, akita/spitz/c7x0? In
> >> other words, are there any other devices benifiting from the
> >> extended keycode. I vaguely remember Dmitry asked about extended
> >> keycode for tosa, but I'm not sure he's talking about the same
> >> thing.
> > 
> > No. It adds support for key codes 128-255 in general.
> 
> I understand this patch is general. But could you educate me that
> except for the Z clamshells, what's the use case for other devices? I
> guess my question is more in line with Paul's challenge. Is this
> patch just a why-not for other devices or something might be helpful?

Something which might be helpful. What exactly do you want to know, or
what implications you want to make from that?

> 
> Regards
> Gordon



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