From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dtor@mail.ru,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Console keyboard events and accessibility
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:02:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070821130233.58faaa8a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070821005718.GD3658@interface.famille.thibault.fr>
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:57:18 +0200
Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> Some external modules like Speakup need to use the PC keyboard to control
> them and also need to get keyboard feedback (caps lock status, etc.)
>
> This adds a keyboard notifier that such modules can use to get the keyboard
> events and possibly eat them, at several stages:
Adding hooks for non-merged modules is considered sinful. Making these new
exports EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL might ease the pain.
Is there any prospect of getting at least one of these "external modules
like Speakup" merged into mainline?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-21 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-21 0:57 [PATCH] Console keyboard events and accessibility Samuel Thibault
2007-08-21 20:02 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-08-21 20:22 ` Samuel Thibault
2007-08-25 1:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-08-27 14:59 ` Samuel Thibault
2007-08-21 20:42 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-21 20:49 ` Samuel Thibault
2007-07-12 19:19 ` Pavel Machek
2007-09-01 12:26 ` Samuel Thibault
2007-09-01 12:32 ` Pavel Machek
2007-09-01 12:51 ` Samuel Thibault
2007-09-01 17:23 ` Pavel Machek
2007-09-01 17:33 ` Samuel Thibault
2007-09-01 18:18 ` Pavel Machek
2007-09-01 19:36 ` Samuel Thibault
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