Re: 2.6.36/2.6.37: broken compatibility with userspace input-utils?

[Mark Lord]

On 11-02-02 03:00 PM, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 11:58 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 09:31:08AM -0500, Chase Douglas wrote:
>>> On 01/23/2011 12:03 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
>>>> As of the 2.6.36 kernel, the userspace commands lsinput and input-kbd
>>>> no longer work.  And if I grab newer/patched versions of those from the latest
>>>> Ubuntu 10.10, then those newer/patched versions do not work with kernels
>>>> *before* 2.6.36.
>>>
>>> I planned on taking another look at this before we release Ubuntu 11.04
>>> at the end of April. That doesn't prevent someone else from helping out
>>> :), but I'll make sure the utility is working again if not.
>>>
>>
>> Here you go:

That patch was not enough for me to get input-kbd working here on Ubuntu-10.10.
It would still only let me map 10 keys of my 56(?) button remote.

I also had to hack it to ignore the read-in map->size value when writing-out
the new keymap.

Cheers
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