Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Make ACPI button driver an input device

Alexey Starikovskiy
2006-04-20T17:08:48Z

Martin Mares wrote:
> Hello!
>
>> Generic application does not need to know if power, sleep, or lid button is
>> pressed, so you will need to intercept them from input stream... I cannot
>> find any reason to mix these buttons into input, do you?
>
> Neither does a generic application need to know if the NumLock key is just
> pressed. This doesn't mean anything.
>
> I don't see any reason for treating some keys or buttons differently.
> A key is just a key.
>
> Have a nice fortnight
There is one special key anyway -- reset...