linux-kernel - Re: Linus' laptop and Num lock status

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Message-ID: <m34ppojncf.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:06:40 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Dax Kelson <dax@...ulabs.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linus' laptop and Num lock status

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> writes:

>>I checked, and looking at offset 0x497 seems to work fine on a couple of
>>systems with USB keyboards.
>
> Probably just because legacy mode was enabled. Plus I wonder what 0x497 will
> return when there is actually more than one USB keyboard connected at boot.

I bet all would share LED states. If you can use multiple keyboards
in legacy mode at all, of course.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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