i386 AT keyboard LED question.

From: Nick Warne
Date: Mon Feb 20 2006 - 15:01:19 EST


Hi Vojtech,

I wondered why numlock LED goes off during boot process, even though I ask
BIOS to turn on;

atkbd.c

/*
* If the get ID command failed, we check if we can at least set the LEDs on
* the keyboard. This should work on every keyboard out there. It also turns
* the LEDs off, which we want anyway.
*/
param[0] = 0;
if (ps2_command(ps2dev, param, ATKBD_CMD_SETLEDS))
return -1;


What is the rationale *why* we want LEDS off anyway?

Thanks,

Nick
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