[U-Boot] [PATCH] USB: add arrow key support to usb_kbd
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Tue Nov 6 23:56:37 CET 2012
Dear Simon Glass,
> Hi Marek,
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> 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? :-(
>
> Because it's a fair chunk of work
Let's either do it properly or not at all ... if I let you do these semi-
complete fixes, we'll end up with a stinking pile of crap like windows ...
> and also if we are doing USB we
> should probably do keyboard.c first.
Uh, I don't follow.
> USB would not be the first
> priority since so much of the logic / keycodes are different.
Sorry, I'm completely lost.
> Regards,
> Simon
>
> >> but this allows arrow keys to
> >> work until this driver is converted.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin at nvidia.com>
> >> ---
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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