Re: Locating the keyboard driver (and replacing it)

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM, manty kuma <mantykuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Sannu,
I tried grepping lsmod with kdb. It doesnt show anything.

Regards,
Manty


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Sannu K <sannumail4foss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Try grepping for kdb. I have not tried this, just a suggestion.

Hope this helps,
Sannu K

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:16 PM, manty kuma <mantykuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have written a small module that toggles the capslock LED. To demonstrate
> it i want to replace the Existing keyboard module with mine. I tried
> lsmod|grep "key" without any success. also checked /proc/modules. I couldnot
> find any clue regarding the name of the module i need to uninstall. So, How
> can i remove the existing keyboard module and insert mine?
>
> Regards,
> Manty
>
I am be very sure(and thus please verify all of it), but I think keyboard drivers are statically compiled and they are tied to tty consoles.
you may have to use one of the other testing mechanism like virtualization i.e. use usermode linux etc and compile your module along with they keyboard driver because keyboard drivers come up very early in booting process.

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Warm Regards
Anuz

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