linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] XEN/xen-kbdfront: Enable auto repeat for xen keyboard front driver

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Message-ID: <2a2accd5-645c-7a68-f452-6ddbcccdb9cf@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:30:45 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Liang Yan <lyan@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] XEN/xen-kbdfront: Enable auto repeat for xen keyboard
 front driver

Adding maintainer (Dmitry).

-boris

On 08/21/2017 11:41 AM, Liang Yan wrote:
> Long pressed key could not show right in XEN vncviewer after tigervnc
> client changed the way how to send repeat keys, from "Down Up Down Up
> ..." to "Down Down Dow." By enable EV_REP bit here, XEN keyboard
> device will trigger default auto repeat process from input subsystem,
> and make auto repeat keys work correctly.   
>
> Signed-off-by: Liang Yan <lyan@...e.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> index fa130e7b734c..0dce9830e2f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> @@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static int xenkbd_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>  kbd->id.product = 0xffff;
>  
>  __set_bit(EV_KEY, kbd->evbit);
> +__set_bit(EV_REP, kbd->evbit);
>  for (i = KEY_ESC; i < KEY_UNKNOWN; i++)
>  __set_bit(i, kbd->keybit);
>  for (i = KEY_OK; i < KEY_MAX; i++)
> -- 
> 2.14.0
>