From: Tristan Wibberley <twibberley@llamacom.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 01:39:59 +0000

Re: SYNC mode should go

KC5TJA wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Andrew Apted wrote:
> 
> > Yeah the Linux behaviour of "raw mode disables VT switching" really
> > sucks.  And VT_PROCESS (where a process takes control of VT switching
> 
> Well, this is the point.  When you shove the keyboard driver into raw
> mode, you're receiving pure hardware scan codes.
> 
> What should be introduced is a THIRD mode of operation.  I don't know what
> to call it, but the idea is to transmit all hardware scan codes, but still
> detect VT switching.

There is a SysRq command to turn of raw mode - it would be nice to have
one that returns the keyboard to raw mode if that VC was in raw mode
before the SysRq turned it off.

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