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John wrote:
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In clfs 1.0.0-x86 7.11. Linux-2.6.17.13<br>
there was an interesting idea of compiling<br>
the keyboard map into the kernel with</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">loadkeys -m [path to keymap] > \<br>
drivers/char/defkeymap.c</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">This has been exclude from <br>
clfs 1.1.0-rc1-x86 7.10. Linux-2.6.24.7</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Anyone know why? Was it not
successful?<br>
What is the alternative now?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">There is a ticket #56 in Track but I
do<br>
not understand the reasoning.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">John<br>
John Walton</font></div>
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You don't need the keymap built into the kernel, kbd handles all those
functions, without modifying the kernel.<br>
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