Re: [PATCH] Arrow keys on USB keyboards

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On Tue, 27 May 2003, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> >  Hmm, if the PC/AT keyboard translation is needed by other devices beside
> > pc_keyb.c, then why isn't the common part put into a separate file to be
> > used by all devices depending on this translation as needed?  I think
> > dummy_keyb.c should be kept plain and simple as it is now. 
> 
> You're right but for 2.4 this looks like an acceptable solution for now so
> I'm going to apply this until somebody comes up with a better solution.

 Hmm, as I've understood that's a 2.4-only problem as 2.5 has it solved
differently.  And I do think the translation really belong to the drivers
that use it -- why can't it be included with the USB keyboard driver or as
a library file?  Why an unrelated driver has to be cluttered? 

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