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EFI: setkey not working for SHIFT+key combinations on some UEFI implementations
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Some UEFI implementations return every SHIFT+key combination with bit 24 set, therefore setkey is not working for this keys. E.g. the uppercase Q returns 0x1000051 instead of 0x0051, the uppercase A returns 0x1000041 instead of 0x0041 and so on. This happens with all SHIFT+key combinations I've tested.
I cleared bit 24 by changing https://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/blob/2b155c93ee0aabe3b7cab21ea9a5da8b4a8cd30e/stage2/builtins.c#L11234
to
if (ascii_key_map[i].from_code == (key &= ~(1<<(24))))
Then setkey is working as expected.
I however did not investigate further to understand the function of this bit. If it just stands for the SHIFT key then clearing the bit might be a possible solution.