[BRLTTY] OT: A kernel patch, hard to do?

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Fri Jun 16 08:26:20 EDT 2006


Hermann, le Fri 16 Jun 2006 13:08:28 +0200, a écrit :
> I've downloaded a kernel patch called keyboard sniffer. Its purpose is to let you read the display with sbl without a braille display.

Mmm, with the "evdev" input driver, such patch is not necessary any
more.

> Is a kernel patch hard to do? Is it difficault so that a user with little experience in linux shouldn't do it?

compiling a kernel isn't easy. compiling a patched kernel is even more
difficult, so I wouldn't recommend it.

Samuel


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