linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Route kbd LEDs through the generic LEDs layer

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Date:	Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:16:25 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, jslaby@...e.cz,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Evan Broder <evan@...oder.net>,
	Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@...-net.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Route kbd LEDs through the generic LEDs layer

2013-07-15 11:12 GMT+02:00 Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>:
> Hi!
>
>> > > > > This permits to reassign keyboard LEDs to something else than keyboard "leds"
>> > > > > state, by adding keyboard led and modifier triggers connected to a series
>> > > > > of VT input LEDs, themselves connected to VT input triggers, which
>> > > > > per-input device LEDs use by default.  Userland can thus easily change the LED
>> > > > > behavior of (a priori) all input devices, or of particular input devices.
>> > > >
>> > > > Nice! Leds now have proper /sys interface.
>> > > >
>> > > > But... I boot up, switch from X to console, press capslock, and no
>> > > > reaction anywhere.
>> > >
>> > > Is it working without the patch?  Console-setup for instance is known to
>> > > have broken the capslock LED, which is precisely one of the reasons for
>> > > this patch, which will provide console-setup with a way to bring back
>> > > caps lock working properly.
>> >
>> > You are right, it was broken before.
>>
>> Ok. You then may want fix your setup by configuring your caps lock led
>> the way console-setup will be supposed to do in the future:
>>
>> echo ctrlllock > /sys/class/leds/vt::capsl/trigger
>
> And this indeed makes capslock led work on console, again. Nice!
>
> Richard, could we get this applied for 3.12 or something? It makes
> keyboard LEDs sane...
>
> Thanks,
>                                                                         Pavel
>
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Hello, what happened with this patch? Is there any problem with accepting it?

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