linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use PC-BIOS NUMLOCK flag

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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:00:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
cc:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use PC-BIOS NUMLOCK flag

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Bodo Eggert, le Thu 16 Oct 2008 13:59:49 +0200, a écrit :

> > +	  If you have an alternative firmware like OpenFirmware or LinuxBios,
> > +	  this flag might not be set correctly, which results in a random state
> > +	  of the Numlock key.
> 
> That's an issue. That means that distributions will just not enable,
> and thus the flag is not really useful, since people who would
> compile their own kernel would very likely have already setup their
> initialization scripts into calling setleds +num (or just set LEDS=+num
> in /etc/console-tools/config on a debian machine).

I hope somebody will pop up and say "Hey, those will create an IBM PC data 
area, because they run DOS" ...
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