linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Console keyboard events and accessibility

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Message-ID: <20070901122604.GA3251@implementation.famille.thibault.fr>
Date:	Sat, 1 Sep 2007 14:26:04 +0200
From:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dtor@...l.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Console keyboard events and accessibility

Pavel Machek, le Thu 12 Jul 2007 19:19:32 +0000, a écrit :
> On Tue 2007-08-21 22:49:51, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Jan Engelhardt, le Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:42:24 +0200, a écrit :
> > > >- keycodes: even before translation into keysym.
> > > 
> > > They can use the raw xlation for that.
> > 
> > For userland, yes.  This is for kernel modules.
> 
> And should speakup be a kernel module? Why?

Because userland only begins quite late in the boot process, and
userland may hang.

> What is missing? Yes, you may want to do a small kernel module to read
> kernel bootup messages.

That's what it's all about.

Samuel
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