From: Paul Fox Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 17:11:13 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Input: Documentation/sysrq.txt - update KEY_SYSRQ info X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a2056ffd4ae9e578ff9abb5eb49137020af71fd4;p=GitHub%2Fexynos8895%2Fandroid_kernel_samsung_universal8895.git Input: Documentation/sysrq.txt - update KEY_SYSRQ info While setting up sysrq operation on the XO laptop (which lacks a SysRq key), i realized that the documentation was quite out of date. Change documentation of SysRq to reflect current KEY_SYSRQ value. Signed-off-by: Paul Fox Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov --- diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt index d56a01775423..5c17196c8fe9 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt @@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ virtual console (ALT+Fn) and then back again should also help. * I hit SysRq, but nothing seems to happen, what's wrong? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -There are some keyboards that send different scancodes for SysRq than the -pre-defined 0x54. So if SysRq doesn't work out of the box for a certain -keyboard, run 'showkey -s' to find out the proper scancode sequence. Then -use 'setkeycodes 84' to define this sequence to the usual SysRq -code (84 is decimal for 0x54). It's probably best to put this command in a -boot script. Oh, and by the way, you exit 'showkey' by not typing anything -for ten seconds. +There are some keyboards that produce a different keycode for SysRq than the +pre-defined value of 99 (see KEY_SYSRQ in include/linux/input.h), or which +don't have a SysRq key at all. In these cases, run 'showkey -s' to find an +appropriate scancode sequence, and use 'setkeycodes 99' to map +this sequence to the usual SysRq code (e.g., 'setkeycodes e05b 99'). It's +probably best to put this command in a boot script. Oh, and by the way, you +exit 'showkey' by not typing anything for ten seconds. * I want to add SysRQ key events to a module, how does it work? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~