Input: allow using several chords for braille
For coping with bad keyboards, permit to type a braille pattern by
pressing several chords. By default, only one chord is needed.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 935670a..5755b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -860,9 +860,32 @@
}
/* by default, 300ms interval for combination release */
-static long brl_timeout = 300;
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(brl_timeout, "Braille keys release delay in ms (0 for combination on first release, < 0 for dead characters)");
-module_param(brl_timeout, long, 0644);
+static unsigned brl_timeout = 300;
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(brl_timeout, "Braille keys release delay in ms (0 for commit on first key release)");
+module_param(brl_timeout, uint, 0644);
+
+static unsigned brl_nbchords = 1;
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(brl_nbchords, "Number of chords that produce a braille pattern (0 for dead chords)");
+module_param(brl_nbchords, uint, 0644);
+
+static void k_brlcommit(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int pattern, char up_flag, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ static unsigned long chords;
+ static unsigned committed;
+
+ if (!brl_nbchords)
+ k_deadunicode(vc, BRL_UC_ROW | pattern, up_flag, regs);
+ else {
+ committed |= pattern;
+ chords++;
+ if (chords == brl_nbchords) {
+ k_unicode(vc, BRL_UC_ROW | committed, up_flag, regs);
+ chords = 0;
+ committed = 0;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
static void k_brl(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value, char up_flag, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
static unsigned pressed,committing;
@@ -882,11 +905,6 @@
if (value > 8)
return;
- if (brl_timeout < 0) {
- k_deadunicode(vc, BRL_UC_ROW | (1 << (value - 1)), up_flag, regs);
- return;
- }
-
if (up_flag) {
if (brl_timeout) {
if (!committing ||
@@ -897,13 +915,13 @@
pressed &= ~(1 << (value - 1));
if (!pressed) {
if (committing) {
- k_unicode(vc, BRL_UC_ROW | committing, 0, regs);
+ k_brlcommit(vc, committing, 0, regs);
committing = 0;
}
}
} else {
if (committing) {
- k_unicode(vc, BRL_UC_ROW | committing, 0, regs);
+ k_brlcommit(vc, committing, 0, regs);
committing = 0;
}
pressed &= ~(1 << (value - 1));