From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Cc: lenb@kernel.org, Richard Hughes <hughsient@gmail.com>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Exporting EV_SW SW_LID events from thinkpad-acpi to input layer
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:00:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200706161200.52863.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070616144411.GA2127@khazad-dum.debian.net>
On Saturday 16 June 2007 10:44, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> thinkpad-acpi can now be made to export EV_SW SW_LID events to the input
> layer.
>
> However, most (all?) thinkpads will also generate ACPI notifications to
> \_SB.LID, on LID changes, i.e. this would duplicate an ACPI LID event, and I
> undertand ACPI is already moving to provide those over an input device by
> itself.
>
> Given that situation, is it desireable for thinkpad-acpi to export EV_SW
> SW_LID events by itself (possibly duplicating an event that the ACPI layer
> will also issue)? Or should I just ignore the lid events, and leave them
> for the ACPI layer to deal with?
>
I would just rely on ACPI button driver to deliver EV_SW/SW_LID events.
After all there is only one lid switch on the box so having 2 input
devices rep[orting it is counter-intuitive.
--
Dmitry
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2007-06-16 14:44 Exporting EV_SW SW_LID events from thinkpad-acpi to input layer Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-06-16 16:00 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
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