keyboard mux driver (straw man proposal & code)

[Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko]

On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 10:24 -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> Alexandre,
<SNIP>
> > -- "Caps lock" would capitalize main keyboard (there are no letters on
> > the keypad). 
> 
> "caps lock" on keypad or main keyboard? i'm not sure i understand the 
> problem.
Sorry for not being clear -- it was mere statement of fact, not report
of the problem. I guess, it should have said: ...despite LED not being
lit, "caps lock" did capitalize keys on the main keyboard. Keypad does
not have "caps lock" or "num lock".
> 
> > -- "Num lock" would switch keypad into numeric mode, but leave main
> > keyboard alone (as it is the case with laptop keyboards it has
> > sprinkling of numerals on the right side overlapping letters).
> 
> again "num lock" on keypad or main keyboard?
"Num lock" on the main keyboard (keypad does not have one) switches
*keypad* into numeric mode leaving main keyboard in alpha -- main
keyboard does not really have a numeric part -- it overlaps some of the
alpha keys.
> thanks again for trying this and reporting the problems. i will try to 
> get myself a couple of usb keyboards and reproduce/fix the problems.
If you are in or somewhere near :) continental US, send me your address
in the private mail -- I'll ship you that keypad.
> 
> thanks,
> max
Thank you,
-- 
Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)