vt: Add virtual console keyboard mode OFF

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virtual console: add keyboard mode OFF

Add a new mode for the virtual console keyboard OFF in which all input
other than shift keys is ignored. Prevents vt input buffers from
overflowing when a program opens but doesn't read from a tty, like X11
using evdev for input.

Signed-off-by: Arthur Taylor <art@ified.ca>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

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Arthur Taylor 2011-02-04 13:55:50 -08:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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commit 9fc3de9c83

4 changed files with 9 additions and 3 deletions

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drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c

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drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c

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