Re: kernel keymap and kbd_mode

[Damjan <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Notice that with my patch (p3_conv_8bit_to_uni.patch
> > at http://chris.heathens.co.nz/linux/utf8.html ),
> > the "dumpkeys | loadkeys --unicode" is not needed at all.  :-)
> 
> If p3_conv_8bit_to_uni.patch uses _8bit_ keymaps in the kernel,
> converting it to Unicode at key pressing time,
> then it is not so good solution, sorry :-/
> It seems to me that 8bit keymaps in the kernel is generally a bad practice,

I agree, the console fonts are already stored/handled as Unicode 
in the Kernel, I guess the keymap should behave the same.

... and then translating the key-press trough the same map 
(the „Unicode console map“ or the „Application charset map“) that the
console out uses.

> because the keyboard charset trouble will remain despite p3_conv_8bit_to_uni.patch
> if I would change one 8bit charset to another _8bit_,
> e.g. KOI8-R to Windows-1251 .
> 
> IMHO: kernel keyboard conversion Unicode->8bit will be a good way to 8bit when needed,
> but kernel keyboard conversion 8bit->something is a bad way to something
> because 8bit keymaps are not labelled with codepage when loaded to keyboard.c, 
> so keymap's codepage is undefined. 


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