[U-Boot] [PATCH] i.MX6: mx6qsabrelite: Add keypress support

Eric Nelson eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Sat Mar 3 16:51:21 CET 2012


On 03/03/2012 08:48 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Eric Nelson,
>
> In message<4F52390C.4080108 at boundarydevices.com>  you wrote:
>>
>>> Why not make it an STDIN device as any other keyboard?
>>>
>> Is there a non-blocking read from stdin available to boot script?
>>
>> How would we represent keys like "Menu", "Home", "Volume up" and "Volume down"?
>>
>> Through ANSI escape sequences?
>
> No.  You don't have to.  Mapping key presses to functions (bind them to
> commands) is a different thing.  Keys could be "1", "2", "3" and "4",
> and could be mapped to "run cmd_1", ... "run cmd_4" respectively.
> Then the user can define what "cmd_1" etc. does.
>

That's perfect. All that's left is the details...

Thanks for your help.


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