Oli [2010-10-04 16:32 -0000]:
> But if the patch by Dmitry Torokhov is the cause of this behavioural
> change (which it does look like it could be - it's making sysrq bypass
> evdev)
Yes, I agree, this seems to be it. I checked with /lib/udev/keymap -i,
and SysRq doesn't produce an evdev event, as intended by this patch.
Thanks for confirming!
> I can't see there being enough time to send this upstream, get a fix
> and get it back through trunk into maverick before release.
No, at this point it needs to become a stable release update either
way, I'm afraid.
Oli [2010-10-04 16:32 -0000]:
> But if the patch by Dmitry Torokhov is the cause of this behavioural
> change (which it does look like it could be - it's making sysrq bypass
> evdev)
Yes, I agree, this seems to be it. I checked with /lib/udev/keymap -i,
and SysRq doesn't produce an evdev event, as intended by this patch.
Thanks for confirming!
> I can't see there being enough time to send this upstream, get a fix
> and get it back through trunk into maverick before release.
No, at this point it needs to become a stable release update either
way, I'm afraid.