Comment 9 for bug 222430

Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter zpin:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/222430

[Problem]
Apparently, Windows had a bug that inverted bar and brokenbar on swiss keyboard layouts. Very old keyboards have brokenbar on the 7 key, while newer ones have bar on 7.

[Discussion]
Here is the reporter's Logitech keyboard, with bar on the 7:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13927897/whole_kb_de_CH.JPG

Here is a dell keyboard with brokenbar on the 7 (allegedly, newer Dell keyboards simply omit showing the AltGr character on the key, leaving it up to the sw):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/494081498_7dc27a1c06.jpg?v=0

Wikipedia's entry shows the original configuration:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/KB_Swiss.svg/400px-KB_Swiss.svg.png

It sounds like some means of differentiating these two styles of layouts is needed?