On Tue, 27 May 2003, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > Hmm, if the PC/AT keyboard translation is needed by other devices beside
> > pc_keyb.c, then why isn't the common part put into a separate file to be
> > used by all devices depending on this translation as needed? I think
> > dummy_keyb.c should be kept plain and simple as it is now.
>
> You're right but for 2.4 this looks like an acceptable solution for now so
> I'm going to apply this until somebody comes up with a better solution.
Hmm, as I've understood that's a 2.4-only problem as 2.5 has it solved
differently. And I do think the translation really belong to the drivers
that use it -- why can't it be included with the USB keyboard driver or as
a library file? Why an unrelated driver has to be cluttered?
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