linux-kernel - Re: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock

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Date:	Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:27:34 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Joshua C." <joshuacov@...glemail.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
Subject: Re: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock

On 02/27/2012 04:08 PM, Joshua C. wrote:
> 
> If so I'm not sure about it. We check the BIOS data area as defined
> for IBM PCs (1981), so a fair amount of user should benefit from the
> change. Those non-BIOS boots can set the numlock=0 and won't be
> affected by this. I think this isa lot easier to implement than doing
> it in the BIOS bootstrap code.
> 

Here is a patch to query the BIOS state properly; if you could fill out
the rest of the patch then we can merge this in easily enough.

	-hpa

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