Re: usb hid: reset NumLock
Pete Zaitcev <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
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| Organization | Red Hat, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:54:17 -0400, "Dmitry Torokhov" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On a certain keyboard, when BIOS sets NumLock LED on, it survives the takeover > > by Linux and thus confuses users. > > > > Eating of an increasibly scarce quirk bit is unfortunate. We do it for safety, > > given the history of nervous input devices which crash if anything unusual > > happens. > You know, I would not call turning leds on an off an unusual operation > for a keyboard. Right, but monkeying with them immediately upon initialization may be "unusual", meaning "device was tested with one version of Windows and shipped, everything else is unusual". -- Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel