Package: console-data Version: 2:1.07-3 Severity: wishlist Hi,
console-data currently contains a number of keymaps that exist from pre-2.6 days. Before version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, a keymap had to be made on an architecture-specific way; since the key codes of a PC keyboard were not the same as that of, say, a Macintosh ADB keyboard, the keymaps had to account for this difference. In 2.6, however, the kernel accounts for this difference; now, all keycodes are translated to their PC equivalent; as such, a keymap that works on a PC will now also work on a Macintosh, or on any other architecture. Since loading a keymap that assumes architecture-specific keycodes renders a keyboard fairly unusable, and since Debian hasn't supported pre-2.6 kernels for a while now, it's probably best, in the interest of avoiding confusion, to remove these outdated keycodes. Of course I don't know about *all* possible keymaps; but I can say with certainty that the "mac-*" keymaps (except for the "mac-usb-*" ones) can all safely be removed. Thanks, -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
