From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karol Kozimor Subject: Re: generic hotkey driver Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:49:10 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040907084910.GA27074@hell.org.pl> References: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F84056B57EE@pdsmsx403> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F84056B57EE@pdsmsx403> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: "Yu, Luming" Cc: Hiroshi Miura , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, "Brown, Len" List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Thus wrote Yu, Luming: > We don't need to care about the format of event. Since it is > configurable, > we just need to understand the internal meaning. So maybe we > need to define the internal event number, which stands for a > special purpose. such as: > > 001 turn off display > 002 inc brightness > 003 dec brightness > 004 s3 > ...... Hmm, ASUS laptops support some 16 distinct events, I don't see your solution maintainable. > >Lcd brightness control is defined in ACPI spec apendix. > >I'm starting implement that. > Be careful, there has a video extension driver > filed at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1944 Sadly, most OEMs don't give a damn about the spec and implement this in their own way. > >Bluetooth, dock, and other device settings are not common. > >So these may be implement in each extra drivers. eg) > >ibm_acpi.c has these functions. > But , it is still meaningful to standardize the event format. Sure, but what can be done apart from agreeing on the name of the first field? Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click