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

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Date:	Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:32:58 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	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


> > > > 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.

Initrd means userland is started very early on most machines these
days, and kernel may hang, too.

> > 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.

But this small module should not need keyboard leds support, as those are not used during
boot. If all you want is to read kernel bootup messages, you should
just register a special console. Actually serial console should do.

							Pavel
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