Re: [RFC][PATCH] POSKeyboard driver for exclusive keyboard access

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Andrew Morton <akpm <at> linux-foundation.org> writes:

> 
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:17:28 +0200
> "Niels de Vos" <niels.devos <at> wincor-nixdorf.com> wrote:
> 
> > This new driver makes it possible for middleware like JavaPOS to use
> > a POSKeyboard (connected to PS/2) with exclusive access. This is
> > required by the UnifiedPOS Specification which is available from
> > http://www.nrf-arts.org/UnifiedPOS. Any middleware using this driver
> > should implement the full exception-handling in user-space. Therefor
> > it is possible to use specific POS-extensions of POSKeyboards, without
> > abusing other keyboard-drivers.

Hello Andrew,

thanks for your review. However I will look into the suggestions of Dmitry which
could include little changes to serio_raw instead of this new poskbd driver.

Thanks again,
Niels


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