> > No, no, no!!! What has the keybaord driver to do with CD-ROMs?
> > Nothing! If you want to do that, then start a program on a virtual
> > console, waiting for a key. Then your program can do ejects, mounts,
> > whatever you like.
>
> What about having special keymaps to send messages to kerneld?
> Something general.. Then, you can configure your keymap to use (or
> not) this feature, and you can configure kerneld to do <whatever> at
> those messages. For example, you could have a shortcut for ejecting
> cdrom, but you can use it for anything you want... The keyboard
> driver has to know nothing about cdrom, it only sends a message to
> kerneld <keyboard_request>, only kerneld knows if the request is
> for eject cd, play cd, or anything.
No...it shouldn't be kerneld. You should add a seperate daemon, like a
console daemon that sits between the kernel and the console. In fact...
a console daemon sounds like a really good idea, since you could then do
other neat things, like support the console in graphic modes, etc, etc.
It would also be a (small) step towards breaking up the linux monolithic
kernel into some smaller more managable chunks....
Christian G. Holtje (aka Doctor What)
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