[ipxe-devel] #define KEYBOARD_MAP fi does not work

[Joakim Tjernlund]

On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 21:58 +0100, Christian Nilsson wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Joakim Tjernlund
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> > > On 07/02/18 09:11, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > > Fond my error: should be config/local/console.h
> > > > Somewhat inconvenient to use different files though
> > > > 
> > > > Shift-7 works now
> > > 
> > > Great!
> > > 
> > > > but there are several key not translated and AltGr does not work.
> > > > > <åäö\ are some.
> > > 
> > > The BIOS almost certainly does not understand the AltGr key, which means
> > > that by the time the keyboard data reaches iPXE that information has
> > > already been discarded.
> > 
> > OK. but ><åäö probably more are not on AltGr and these are not mapped either.
> 
> If there is no ASCII code to use then it can't be converted to anything
> The <>| key is not present on a US keyboard at all.

There is, how else would you type the 3 different symbols >,< and | ?

> : should map to ö
> " to ä
> { to å

No, ä should map to ä, not to waht a US keyboard thinks it should be
when I have told ipxe I am using a swedish/finnish one.

> 
> bios_console.c seems to be lacking any good DBG lines to show what it
> detects and what it translates to.
> 
> But as a Swede myself I must ask why you would like to have Swedish
> layout in iPXE - I have never found the need for it and think it is
> just more confusing at that stage of booting.

I and my coworkes really like it if the symbol on the key matches what ipxe
receives. Searching for a symbol by semi randomly hitting the keyboard is not 
my cup of tea, not when it can be avoided.

 Jocke