patch "staging: speakup: fix speakup-r regression" added to staging-linus
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: speakup: fix speakup-r regression
to my staging git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
in the staging-linus branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the next -rc kernel release.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 05:44:11 -0400
Subject: staging: speakup: fix speakup-r regression
Here is a patch to make speakup-r work again.
It broke in 3.6 due to commit 4369c64c79a22b98d3b7eff9d089196cd878a10a "Input: Send events one packet at a time)
The problem was that the fakekey.c routine to fake a down arrow no longer functioned properly and putting the input_sync fixed it.
--- drivers/staging/speakup/fakekey.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
drivers/staging/speakup/fakekey.c +1 -0
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void speakup_fake_down_arrow(void)__this_cpu_write (reporting_keystroke, true);input_report_key (virt_keyboard,KEY_DOWN ,PRESSED );input_report_key (virt_keyboard,KEY_DOWN ,RELEASED ); +input_sync (virt_keyboard);__this_cpu_write (reporting_keystroke, false);/* reenable preemption */
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