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| author | Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> | 2017-03-09 14:47:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> | 2017-03-09 14:47:53 +0100 |
| commit | 6a36cfec4af00d65e8ee88e1a1978e873b5c0c3c (patch) | |
| tree | f02d67fd793b1b77dd6d6f08dd48efb202c1779b /hwdb | |
| parent | 37377227ff47aa88c698c4b704d68d600d695c9f (diff) | |
| download | systemd-6a36cfec4af00d65e8ee88e1a1978e873b5c0c3c.tar.gz | |
hwdb: Better documentation for keyboard quirks
Split up the device matching explanation, and add documentation for
the fixed layout quirk.
Diffstat (limited to 'hwdb')
| -rw-r--r-- | hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb | 26 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb b/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb index 1aa729f047..1dccbec3cc 100644 --- a/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb +++ b/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ # This file is part of systemd. # -# Keyboard mapping of scan codes to key codes, and -# scan codes to add to the AT keyboard's 'force-release' list. +# This file contains 2 types of metadata to apply to keyboards and +# keyboard-like input devices: +# - Key mapping +# - Hard-coded layouts +# +# The matching process is the same for the different types of metadata. +# +# ########################### MATCHING ####################################### # # The lookup keys are composed in: # 60-evdev.rules @@ -40,6 +46,12 @@ # /sys/class/input/input?/capabilities/ev" and <vendor> is the # firmware-provided string exported by the kernel DMI modalias, # see /sys/class/dmi/id/modalias + + +# ######################### KEY MAPPING ###################################### +# +# Keyboard mapping of scan codes to key codes, and +# scan codes to add to the AT keyboard's 'force-release' list. # # Scan codes are specified as: # KEYBOARD_KEY_<hex scan code>=<key code identifier> @@ -1274,9 +1286,13 @@ evdev:atkbd:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnDIXONSP:pnDIXON*:pvr* KEYBOARD_KEY_ae=! # volume down KEYBOARD_KEY_b0=! # volume up -########################################################### -# Fixed layout devices -########################################################### +######################### FIXED LAYOUT DEVICES ############################# +# This section lists devices for which only one keyboard layout is possible +# or useful such as devices which "type" expecting the user's keymap to match +# a particular one. For example, barcode readers and OTP keys. +# +# The layout must be an xkb compatible layout (defined with XKB_FIXED_LAYOUT), +# with an accompanying variant (defined with XKB_FIXED_VARIANT) if necessary. # Yubico Yubico Yubikey II" evdev:input:b0003v1050p0010* |