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

Martin Mares
2006-04-21T11:37:08Z

Hello!

> If you define input layer as a universe place to all manual input
> activity, then I agree to port some type of ACPI event into
> input layer. But it shouldn't be a fake keyboard scancode,
> My suggestion is to have a separate input event type,e.g. EV_ACPI
> for acpi event layer.

But why should be a ACPI suspend button treated so differently
from a button with the same label on a normal keyboard?

Have a nice fortnight
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Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
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