[PATCH] Route kbd LEDs through the generic LEDs layer

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > This permits to reassign keyboard LEDs to something else than keyboard "leds"
> > > state, by adding keyboard led and modifier triggers connected to a series
> > > of VT input LEDs, themselves connected to VT input triggers, which
> > > per-input device LEDs use by default.  Userland can thus easily change the LED
> > > behavior of (a priori) all input devices, or of particular input devices.
> > 
> > Nice! Leds now have proper /sys interface.
> > 
> > But... I boot up, switch from X to console, press capslock, and no
> > reaction anywhere.
> 
> Is it working without the patch?  Console-setup for instance is known to
> have broken the capslock LED, which is precisely one of the reasons for
> this patch, which will provide console-setup with a way to bring back
> caps lock working properly.

You are right, it was broken before.

> At any rate, please provide way more information about your keyboard
> and LED configuration (output of dumpkeys, dmesg, content of
> /sys/class/leds/*/trigger, etc.), as things are just working fine for me
> (just like it has been for the past two years).

Well... I just verified, and it works "as well as before", which it
should.

> > Note that this is notebook with usb keyboard plugged in (and two
> > monitors), but I believe this worked before...
> 
> Things work fine with my USB keyboard too, is this perhaps using an odd
> driver which would not expose LEDs in a standard way?

No, everything works as well as it did. Feel free to add:

Tested-by: Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz>

Thanks,
									Pavel
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