src/setkeycodes.c

/*
 * call: setkeycode scancode keycode ...
 *  (where scancode is either xx or e0xx, given in hexadecimal,
 *   and keycode is given in decimal)
 *
 * aeb, 941108, 2004-01-11
 */
#include "config.h"

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/kd.h>

#include "libcommon.h"

static void __attribute__((noreturn))
usage(char *s)
{
	fprintf(stderr, "setkeycode: %s\n", s);
	fprintf(stderr, _(
	                    "usage: setkeycode scancode keycode ...\n"
	                    " (where scancode is either xx or e0xx, given in hexadecimal,\n"
	                    "  and keycode is given in decimal)\n"));
	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	char *ep;
	int fd;
	struct kbkeycode a;

	set_progname(argv[0]);

	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
	bindtextdomain(PACKAGE_NAME, LOCALEDIR);
	textdomain(PACKAGE_NAME);

	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-V"))
		print_version_and_exit();

	if (argc % 2 != 1)
		usage(_("even number of arguments expected"));

	if ((fd = getfd(NULL)) < 0)
		kbd_error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"));

	while (argc > 2) {
		a.keycode  = atoi(argv[2]);
		a.scancode = strtol(argv[1], &ep, 16);
		if (*ep)
			usage(_("error reading scancode"));
		if (a.scancode >= 0xe000) {
			a.scancode -= 0xe000;
			a.scancode += 128; /* some kernels needed +256 */
		}
#if 0
		/* Test is OK up to 2.5.31--later kernels have more keycodes */
		if (a.scancode > 255 || a.keycode > 127)
			usage(_("code outside bounds"));

		/* Both fields are unsigned int, so can be large;
		   for current kernels the correct test might be
		     (a.scancode > 255 || a.keycode > 239)
		   but we can leave testing to the kernel. */
#endif
		if (ioctl(fd, KDSETKEYCODE, &a)) {
			kbd_error(EXIT_FAILURE, errno,
			          _("failed to set scancode %x to keycode %d: ioctl KDSETKEYCODE"),
			          a.scancode, a.keycode);
		}
		argc -= 2;
		argv += 2;
	}
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}