Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: Use multitouch driver for Type Covers

From	Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: Use multitouch driver for Type Covers
Date	2016-04-05 14:50 +0200
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On Sat, 2015-12-19 at 10:34 +0900, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> No, it doesn't work.

According to:
https://github.com/jimdigriz/debian-mssp4

Running "kbd_mode -u" afterwards would fix the Caps-Lock key not
working. I have no idea what the wider consequence of this would be
though[1].

Anything we can do in the kernel to have that working by default?

[1]: kbd_mode calls ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_UNICODE) with fd being the
console's fd.

> On 12/19/2015 12:06 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 21:50 +0900, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> > > 
> > > Use multitouch driver instead of microsoft one for Microsoft
> > > Surface
> > > Type Covers.
> > > 
> > > By using MT_CLS_EXPORT_ALL_INPUTS, the keyboards function as well
> > > as
> > > the multitouch pads do.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki.4i@stu.hosei.ac.jp>
> > All the multimedia keys work, and MT support also works, on my
> > Surface
> > 3 cover (045e:07de).
> > 
> > *But* the Caps-Lock key's LED doesn't light up anymore. Can you
> > verify
> > it does on yours as well?
> > 
> > Cheers
> >

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: Use multitouch driver for Type Covers Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> - 2016-04-05 14:50 +0200

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