Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:04:49 -0700 From: "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> To: "Ruslan Ermilov" <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/kbdmux kbdmux.c Message-ID: <bb4a86c70609201204n499a5bc2mb8023c502937a275@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060920185618.GA28844@rambler-co.ru> References: <bb4a86c70609191415m59a9ef89x91f25e6912339390@mail.gmail.com> <20060919221404.GT94944@alchemy.franken.de> <20060920055715.GA81843@rambler-co.ru> <20060920121017.GU94944@alchemy.franken.de> <20060920122830.GB982@rambler-co.ru> <20060920162105.GC9976@rambler-co.ru> <bb4a86c70609200928i4196c7ceu1a958d815728a5d7@mail.gmail.com> <20060920163710.GA28144@rambler-co.ru> <bb4a86c70609200944x32c0c3cfu60190684f654a642@mail.gmail.com> <20060920185618.GA28844@rambler-co.ru>
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On 9/20/06, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 09:44:49AM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> > On 9/20/06, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 09:28:46AM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> > >> On 9/20/06, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >> >Here's another demo that indicates that sparc64 doesn't work
> > >> >properly. In this case it's a CONS_SETKBD ioctl which is used
> > >> >by kbdcontrol(8). I "kldload vkbd" and make sure two vkbd
> > >> >instances exist, /dev/vkbdctl0 and /dev/vkbdctl1.
> > >>
> > >> [...]
> > >>
> > >> actually, i just tracked this down as part of my work on pr
> > >> sparc64/96798. there are few problems mentioned in this pr. kbdcontrol
> > >> -k not working is just one of them.
> > >>
> > >> basically, kb_index is wrong, and, in my case, is always 0. which
> > >> defaults to first keyboard (i.e. subkbd(4)). that is why i can not use
> > >> kbdcontrol -k to switch between sunkbd(4) and, say, ukbd(4).
> > >>
> > >Yes, this is the endianness bug we were talking about.
> > >Hold on, the fix is almost ready. :-)
> >
> > sure, btw i think CONS_SETKBD is easy. nothing seems to calling it
> > from the kernel, so we could (intptr_t *) cast it and it should just
> > work. i really want to change it to
> >
> > #define CONS_SETKBD _IOW('c', 110, int)
> >
> Yes, it would break both binary and source API compatibility. No
> we cannot do it.
ok, i just tested the following patch on sparc64 and it makes
'kbdcontrol -k' work as expected. i can now switch between ukbd0 and
sunkbd0 without any problems.
--- syscons.c.orig Fri Mar 3 16:41:28 2006
+++ syscons.c Wed Sep 20 09:57:09 2006
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
keyboard_t *newkbd;
s = spltty();
- newkbd = kbd_get_keyboard(*(int *)data);
+ newkbd = kbd_get_keyboard(*(intptr_t *)data);
if (newkbd == NULL) {
splx(s);
return EINVAL;
can i commit it?
thanks,
max
p.s. yes, i know, there are few other ioctl's with the same problem. i
just want to address it one ioctl at a time :)
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