From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hansmi.home.forkbomb.ch (hansmi.home.forkbomb.ch [213.144.146.165]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "hansmi.home.forkbomb.ch", Issuer "hansmi.home.forkbomb.ch" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A638B689C5 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:38:10 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:38:05 +0100 From: Michael Hanselmann To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Message-ID: <20060111213805.GE6617@hansmi.ch> References: <20051225212041.GA6094@hansmi.ch> <200512252304.32830.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <1135575997.14160.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060111212056.GC6617@hansmi.ch> <1137015258.5138.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1137015258.5138.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> Cc: linux-kernel@killerfox.forkbomb.ch, dtor_core@ameritech.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Vojtech Pavlik , linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC?] usb/input: Add support for fn key on Apple PowerBooks List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:34:17AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Yeah, but the question is why 3 ? I think one (on/off) is enough. Do you > have any case where people actually change the other ones ? Johannes Berg told me he wants to use the fn key alone to switch the keyboard layout or something. For such uses, the pb_enablefn is there. pb_fkeyslast is to emulate the behaviour of KBDMode from pbbuttonsd. The last one, pb_disablekeypad could left out. It doesn't add much code and might be used by some people, too. Greets, Michael From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750825AbWAKViJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:38:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750819AbWAKViI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:38:08 -0500 Received: from hansmi.home.forkbomb.ch ([213.144.146.165]:48156 "EHLO hansmi.home.forkbomb.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750825AbWAKViH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:38:07 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:38:05 +0100 From: Michael Hanselmann To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: dtor_core@ameritech.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@killerfox.forkbomb.ch, Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC?] usb/input: Add support for fn key on Apple PowerBooks Message-ID: <20060111213805.GE6617@hansmi.ch> References: <20051225212041.GA6094@hansmi.ch> <200512252304.32830.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <1135575997.14160.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060111212056.GC6617@hansmi.ch> <1137015258.5138.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1137015258.5138.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:34:17AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Yeah, but the question is why 3 ? I think one (on/off) is enough. Do you > have any case where people actually change the other ones ? Johannes Berg told me he wants to use the fn key alone to switch the keyboard layout or something. For such uses, the pb_enablefn is there. pb_fkeyslast is to emulate the behaviour of KBDMode from pbbuttonsd. The last one, pb_disablekeypad could left out. It doesn't add much code and might be used by some people, too. Greets, Michael