From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [gpm] Untangling the sleep hotkey mess Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 02:30:37 +0000 Message-ID: <20060109023037.GA1316@srcf.ucam.org> References: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F840AA37137@pdsmsx403> <20060109014350.GA672@srcf.ucam.org> <200601091019.01083.luming.yu@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601091019.01083.luming.yu-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Yu Luming Cc: Richard Hughes , linux-acpi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, gnome-power-manager-list-rDKQcyrBJuzYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, desktop_portables-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:19:00AM +0800, Yu Luming wrote: > Re: dev_acpi: > The key point is AML code shouldn't be exposed in userspace. It is too ugly. It may be ugly, but it /works/. We can't predict what vendors will do in terms of providing hotkey support in future, and exposing a limited interface to userspace would probably just result in it having to be extended later on, which again forces us into kernel patching. With my Ubuntu hat on: dev_acpi would make life a lot easier for us than the current solutions. A single userspace application has the advantage that it can be maintained in a nice cross-distribution way, and we can rapidly fold in extra support based on testing reports. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html