Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add acer wmi hotkey events support

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:19:37AM +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:53:04PM -0600, Joey Lee wrote:
> >> +static const struct key_entry acer_wmi_keymap[] = {
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x01, {KEY_WLAN} },     /* WiFi */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x12, {KEY_BLUETOOTH} },       /* BT */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x21, {KEY_PROG1} },    /* Backup */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x22, {KEY_PROG2} },    /* Aracade */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x23, {KEY_PROG3} },    /* P_Key */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x24, {KEY_PROG4} },    /* Social networking_Key */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x64, {KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE} }, /* Display Switch */
> >> +     {KE_KEY, 0x82, {KEY_F22} },      /* Touch Pad On/Off */
> >
> > We need to standardize this. Some people use F13/F14, here we have
> > F22...
> >
> 
> The good thing with F* keys, is that they are already mapped in X/Qt/SDL/etc..
> 
> But if we do, we could add KEY_TOUCHPADTOGGLE 0x1b8
> Then bind it to XF86XK_TouchpadToggle (what's the right way to do that
> ? keymaps ?)
> 

I wonder who the main consumers of such events will be... X applications
or daemons that listen turn this into some DBUS signal...

-- 
Dmitry