Re: [RFC] tty/sysrq: Add alternative SysRq key

Hi Maciej,

W dniu 04.11.2021 o 14:13, Maciej W. Rozycki pisze:

On Thu, 4 Nov 2021, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

quoted

  The reason for this is with their more recent laptops Lenovo in their
infinite wisdom have placed the <PrintScreen> key (which in a traditional
PS/2-keyboard manner produces <SysRq> when combined with <Alt>) in their
keyboards between the right <Alt> and <Ctrl> keys.  With thumbs not being
as accurate as other fingers (and the overall misdesign of the keyboard
and touchpad interface) you can imagine how often I have inadvertently hit
<SysRq> combined with a letter key, wreaking havoc to my system (and of
course I want to keep the key enabled for times when I do need it).

  On second thoughts this can be disabled with `setkeycodes 54 0' once we
do have an alternative combination available.

Doesn't `setkeycodes` affect only one keyboard? What if there are more
keyboards connected to a machine?

 From drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c:

/*
  * Translation of scancodes to keycodes. We set them on only the first
  * keyboard in the list that accepts the scancode and keycode.
  * Explanation for not choosing the first attached keyboard anymore:
  *  USB keyboards for example have two event devices: one for all "normal"
  *  keys and one for extra function keys (like "volume up", "make coffee",
  *  etc.). So this means that scancodes for the extra function keys won't
  *  be valid for the first event device, but will be for the second.
  */

Regards,

Andrzej