[U-Boot] [PATCH] USB: add arrow key support to usb_kbd

Allen Martin amartin at nvidia.com
Tue Nov 6 23:55:42 CET 2012


On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 02:49:29PM -0800, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Allen Martin,
> 
> > Check for scancodes for arrow keys and map them to ^F/^B, ^N/^P.
> > Control characters are used instead of ANSI sequence because the
> > queueing code in usb_kbd doesn't handle the data increase when one
> > keypress generates 3 keycodes.  The real fix is to convert this driver
> > to use the input subsystem and queue
> 
> If it's the real fix, then why not go for the real fix right away? :-(
> 

It would be a lot more work to do that.  This patch just adds support
for 4 new keys without rocking the boat too much.  I wasn't quite
ready to signup to porting the whole driver over as there's a bunch
things I want to work on inside tegra first.

-Allen
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