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

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at googlemail.com
Sat Mar 24 08:13:15 CET 2012


Hi Eric,

On 03.03.2012 16:51, Eric Nelson wrote:
> 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...

Do you plan an update of this patch?

Many thanks,

Dirk


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