From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: Giel de Nijs <giel@caffeinetrip.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com>,
Rezwanul Kabir <rezwanul_kabir@dell.com>,
linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [patch 0/2] [PATCH] input: correctly handle keys without hardware release event
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 23:44:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200705132344.19311.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070511172326.008944330@caffeinetrip.com>
Hi Giel,
On Friday 11 May 2007 13:23, Giel de Nijs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This patch adds a soft release key mask to input_dev, to enable keyboard
> drivers to determine which keys never generate a hardware release event and
> hence add a release event after every press event of such keys. The mask is
> controlled by ioctls.
I don't think we want to add all the infrastructure for the benefit of single
driver. Can we add a quirk to atkbd and activate it based on DMI?
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-14 3:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-11 17:23 [patch 0/2] [PATCH] input: correctly handle keys without hardware release event Giel de Nijs
2007-05-11 17:23 ` [patch 1/2] input: add soft release key mask to keyboard driver Giel de Nijs
2007-05-11 17:23 ` [patch 2/2] input: add ioctls to console for soft release mask read/write Giel de Nijs
2007-05-14 3:44 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2007-05-14 6:16 ` [patch 0/2] [PATCH] input: correctly handle keys without hardware release event Giel de Nijs
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