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From: Richard Hughes <hughsient@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>,
	Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] Make the driver use MSC_SCAN and a setkeycode and getkeycode key table.
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:06:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1184605565.2228.57.camel@work> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070715211128.GA6291@srcf.ucam.org>

On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 22:11 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 02:34:37AM +0900, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> > +		/* we emit the scancode so we can always remap the key */
> > +		input_event(kp.dev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, event);
> 
> As I said to Henrique, I don't think this is the right solution. We know 
> what these keys do - we should send the appropriate keycode, rather than 
> asking userspace to remap it.

We don't - the decal on FnF2 changes between different models, and I'm
sure others are the same.

Richard.



  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-16 17:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-15 17:34 [PATCH 0/7] sony-laptop for 2.6.23 (updated) Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34 ` [PATCH 1/7] sony-laptop: add new SNC handlers Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34   ` [PATCH 2/7] sony-laptop: map wireless switch events to KEY_WLAN Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34     ` [PATCH 3/7] Add support for recent Vaios Fn keys (C series for now) Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34       ` [PATCH 4/7] Invoke _INI for SNC devices that provide it Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34         ` [PATCH 5/7] Make the driver use MSC_SCAN and a setkeycode and getkeycode key table Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34           ` [PATCH 6/7] Add Vaio FE to the special init sequence Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 17:34             ` [PATCH 7/7] Fix event reading in sony-laptop Mattia Dongili
2007-07-15 21:11           ` [PATCH 5/7] Make the driver use MSC_SCAN and a setkeycode and getkeycode key table Matthew Garrett
2007-07-16 17:06             ` Richard Hughes [this message]
2007-07-16 18:09               ` Matthew Garrett
2007-07-17 10:37                 ` Richard Hughes
2007-07-17 10:46                   ` Matthew Garrett
2007-07-18 11:45                   ` Mattia Dongili
2007-07-18 14:28                     ` Matthew Garrett
2007-07-18 15:05                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-07-18 15:17                         ` Richard Hughes
2007-07-18 16:02                           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-07-18 16:20                             ` Richard Hughes
2007-07-18 16:25                           ` Matthew Garrett
2007-07-18 16:39                             ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-07-18 16:44                             ` Richard Hughes
2007-07-18 16:56                               ` Matthew Garrett
2007-07-19 15:51                       ` Mattia Dongili
2007-07-16 13:22           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-07-18 11:33             ` Mattia Dongili
2007-07-19 17:01               ` Mattia Dongili
2007-07-22  4:36                 ` Len Brown
2007-07-18 11:45             ` Mattia Dongili
2007-07-22  4:37 ` [PATCH 0/7] sony-laptop for 2.6.23 (updated) Len Brown

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