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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2014-04-20 11:23:13 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2014-04-20 11:23:13 -0700
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kbd: Use the extended keyboard state query for bios_shiftflags()
Mixing extended and non-extended keyboard functions can be a bad idea. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
-rw-r--r--core/conio.c21
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/conio.c b/core/conio.c
index 529673eb..427228ea 100644
--- a/core/conio.c
+++ b/core/conio.c
@@ -271,12 +271,27 @@ char bios_getchar(char *hi)
uint8_t bios_shiftflags(void)
{
com32sys_t reg;
+ uint8_t ah, al;
memset(&reg, 0, sizeof reg);
- reg.eax.b[1] = 0x02;
+ reg.eax.b[1] = 0x12;
__intcall(0x16, &reg, &reg);
-
- return reg.eax.b[0];
+ ah = reg.eax.b[1];
+ al = reg.eax.b[0];
+
+ /*
+ * According to the Interrupt List, "many machines" don't correctly
+ * fold the Alt state, presumably because it might be AltGr.
+ * Explicitly fold the Alt and Ctrl states; it fits our needs
+ * better.
+ */
+
+ if (ah & 0x0a)
+ al |= 0x08;
+ if (ah & 0x05)
+ al |= 0x04;
+
+ return al;
}
__export uint8_t kbd_shiftflags(void)