Re: Re: [patch 1/1] thinkpad fn+fx key driver

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 01:35:54PM +0200, Erik Rigtorp wrote:
> On fre, 2004-09-24 at 15:41 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > There are several ways to make both the keyboard and ACPI keys work as
> > > intended:
> > > 
> > > 1) Extend acpid to listen on all /dev/input/event keyboard devices and
> > >    call scripts when the keys are pressed. No change to the kernel.
> > > 
> > > 2) Change ACPI to use the Input API, and add possibility to map ACPI
> > >    events in the keymap. Then have acpid listen to those.
> > > 
> > > 3) Change ACPI to use the Input API and use the power.ko module for
> > >    mapping the keys to system state change actions.
> > > 
> > > 4) Change ACPI to use the Input API and have a daemon that handles
> > >    all extra keys, including sound volume and application keys, possibly
> > >    using D-bus to send the events to the desktop environment.
> > 
> > I like this one.
> > 
> > Having vol+/vol- keys would be  very welcome. This daemon would
> > have to understand scancodes for a lot of
> > different keyboards, but perhaps
> > that is easy enough to create incrementally.
> > 
> > Hmm, the same daemon might know enough about machine's sound system
> > (on notebooks for example; to be able to setup initial mixer levels.
> 
> I think the issue here was how to handle keys that are not on keyboard.
> For example the Fn+Fx and volume buttons on the thinkpads, they generate
> acpi events instead.
 
Yes, the question was whether it's a good idea to make them generate
regular key events like the normal keys on keyboard do, and I believe
the answer is yes.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR


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