[PATCH v4 0/7] usb: kbd: implement special keys

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Fri Dec 27 19:21:23 CET 2019


On 12/27/19 5:41 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 at 13:05, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/23/19 6:15 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>>> GRUB uses function keys. So we should support these with an USB keyboard.
>>> Provide support for F1-F12, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down.
>>> Simplify the code beforehand.
>>>
>>> Enhance the keyboard unit test.
>>>
>>> In total I could not see any increase of u-boot.img on the TBS2910 but
>>> as the special keys are only needed in the context of the UEFI subsystem
>>> it makes sense to save several hundred bytes on other boards.
>>
>> Applied all to usb/next, thanks, so let's see what CI has to say.
>
> I notice that pressing F1 at the prompt now shows P and then pressing
> backspace a few times makes a bit of a mess. If U-Boot itself doesn't
> understand these keys, could they be ignored?

Hello Simon,

Thanks for reporting your test results. Could you, please, describe your
scenario in detail.

Was USB_KEYBOARD_FN_KEYS enabled?
Which output device did you use?

Best regards

Heinrich


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