Re: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Feb 29 2012 - 13:17:17 EST
On 02/29/2012 03:43 AM, Joshua C. wrote:
I got the idea that we should somehow check the kbd_state and set the
numlock accordingly but this is behind my capabilities. I tried
several times to read those boot_params but I have no idea how to do
it. Where are they stored, how to access them? Help anyone?
There is a global variable called boot_params; the prototype for it is
defined in <asm/setup.h>.
So as long as you are on an x86 architecture you can just #include
<asm/setup.h> and just access the boot_params structure directly (with
the patch provided to add the new field.)
-hpa
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