Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:10:31 -0500 (EST) From: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: Cejka Rudolf <cejkar@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, saper@system.pl Subject: Re: syscons: SC_MOUSE_CHAR value rationale Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001081233550.41916-100000@kronos.alcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <200001080553.OAA14530@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > >I agree with you - it is very strange for Czech users too (and maybe > >for almost all ISO-8859-* users) - default mouse settings override some > >important characters. Maybe we should ask Kazu if it is possible: > > > >1) Move SC_MOUSE_CHAR into sysctl tree as read-write value. > > Maybe we had better implement a new ioctl and use vidcontrol to set up > mouse char codes. > > sysctl is to tweak the kernel behavior. I would rather hesitate to > use it to customize device drivers, unless it has something to do with > kernel state/behavior and/or security; this is not the case with > SC_MOUSE_CHAR. > > >But Kazu have cleared off in December and I don't know where he is... > > I am here :-) > Kazu, before you made yourself visible, I went ahead and patched -stable's syscons to include the hw.syscons.sc_mouse_char sysctl variable. The patch is in PR kern/15996. I could change to to use the ioctl interface if you think that is is necessary. Kelly -- Kelly Yancey - kbyanc@posi.net - Richmond, VA Analyst / E-business Development, Bell Industries http://www.bellind.com/ Maintainer, BSD Driver Database http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/ Coordinator, Team FreeBSD http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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