[ydl-gen] Ergonomic keyboard for Linux?

[Patrick Smith]

Jeffrey Paul Burger wrote:
> I have an ergonomic keyboard made by Ortek that works on the OS X side of my
> dual-boot system but not YDL. I'm hoping to either find a way to have Linux
> recognize the keyboard or find another ergo keyboard that is more Linux
> friendly.

Does the keyboard work at the boot prompt?  If so, and if you're willing 
to rebuild the kernel, you may be able to get the keyboard to work in a 
limited way (the basic keys should work, but extras may not, and lights 
for caps lock etc. probably won't).

The idea is to build the kernel with support for the the USB keyboard 
boot protocol, instead of the generic HID driver.  Use the USB_KBD flag 
to do this.  Note, though, that you'll need USB_MOUSE and other devices 
may cease to work.