From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corentin Chary Subject: Re: [PATCH] eeepc-wmi: new driver for WMI based hotkeys on Eee PC laptops Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:14:18 +0100 Message-ID: <71cd59b01003210614j3fd77990g502fb062175a9ed0@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100319133924.GA30427@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com> <20100319135929.GA29027@srcf.ucam.org> <20100319151054.GA30664@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com> <20100319152323.GA30456@srcf.ucam.org> <20100320005553.GB32163@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com> <20100320122049.GA1478@holoscopio.com> <20100320122416.GA10558@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com> <71cd59b01003201021q118500a9nc1f56b37803d5bf3@mail.gmail.com> <20100321005927.GA11076@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f211.google.com ([209.85.218.211]:64843 "EHLO mail-bw0-f211.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751824Ab0CUNOU (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:14:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100321005927.GA11076@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Yong Wang Cc: cascardo@holoscopio.com, Matthew Garrett , Dmitry Torokhov , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Yong Wang wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 06:21:42PM +0100, Corentin Chary wrote: >> >> Hi Yong, >> >> You can check how eeepc-laptop work for backlight stuff. >> I think you should also remove all the NOTIFY_BRNDOWN_* code. It's >> still in eeepc-laptop for backward compatibility, but it should not be >> i newer drivers. >> >> Anyway, most of the time the backlight will be handled by the >> acpi/video.ko driver which will >> send events itself. >> > > Thanks for the info. I will take a look. > >> I will update this page soon >> http://dev.iksaif.net/projects/acpi4asus/wiki/Eeepc-wmi . >> > > Yeah, I actually passed by this wiki page last week and I read the "how > to help" section. I cannot donate hardware so I wrote the driver;-) > >> Do you want this driver to be part of acpi4asus project ? It would >> allow to share the same git tree / bugtracker / wiki. I can give you >> access to all that stuff quickly. I think it would be easier for users >> if we merge into one single project. >> > > I have no problem. What is the relationship between acpi4asus and > platform x86 drivers? Will Matthew merge your tree? Yep Matthew will merge my tree. Platform x86 subsystem is young, so it only happened once, but I think he will continue to do so. Do you want a write access to acpi4asus tree, or do you want me to merge your tree ? -- Corentin Chary http://xf.iksaif.net