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authorBastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>2017-03-09 14:47:53 +0100
committerBastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>2017-03-09 14:47:53 +0100
commit6a36cfec4af00d65e8ee88e1a1978e873b5c0c3c (patch)
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parentbuild-sys: only install legacy *.pkla files with old polkit versions (#5555) (diff)
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hwdb: Better documentation for keyboard quirks
Split up the device matching explanation, and add documentation for the fixed layout quirk.
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diff --git a/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb b/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb
index 1aa729f047..1dccbec3cc 100644
--- a/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb
+++ b/hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
# This file is part of systemd.
#
-# Keyboard mapping of scan codes to key codes, and
-# scan codes to add to the AT keyboard's 'force-release' list.
+# This file contains 2 types of metadata to apply to keyboards and
+# keyboard-like input devices:
+# - Key mapping
+# - Hard-coded layouts
+#
+# The matching process is the same for the different types of metadata.
+#
+# ########################### MATCHING #######################################
#
# The lookup keys are composed in:
# 60-evdev.rules
@@ -40,6 +46,12 @@
# /sys/class/input/input?/capabilities/ev" and <vendor> is the
# firmware-provided string exported by the kernel DMI modalias,
# see /sys/class/dmi/id/modalias
+
+
+# ######################### KEY MAPPING ######################################
+#
+# Keyboard mapping of scan codes to key codes, and
+# scan codes to add to the AT keyboard's 'force-release' list.
#
# Scan codes are specified as:
# KEYBOARD_KEY_<hex scan code>=<key code identifier>
@@ -1274,9 +1286,13 @@ evdev:atkbd:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnDIXONSP:pnDIXON*:pvr*
KEYBOARD_KEY_ae=! # volume down
KEYBOARD_KEY_b0=! # volume up
-###########################################################
-# Fixed layout devices
-###########################################################
+######################### FIXED LAYOUT DEVICES #############################
+# This section lists devices for which only one keyboard layout is possible
+# or useful such as devices which "type" expecting the user's keymap to match
+# a particular one. For example, barcode readers and OTP keys.
+#
+# The layout must be an xkb compatible layout (defined with XKB_FIXED_LAYOUT),
+# with an accompanying variant (defined with XKB_FIXED_VARIANT) if necessary.
# Yubico Yubico Yubikey II"
evdev:input:b0003v1050p0010*