Re: [RFC PATCH] input: Add "AI Assistant" key

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 09:10:14AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> Not to be confused with KEY_ASSISTANT which is for Siri/Cortana/...,
> this one is the Copilot key.

So my understanding is that Copilot is a successor of Cortrana. Why do
we need another assistant key? Do we expect to have multiple
assistants being available on device, each with its own key?

> 
> Unfortunately Microsoft requires that the Copilot key sends
> Win+Shift+F23 so this is merely a placeholder for now. Eventually we
> may see hardware that actually sends a custom key code for this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
> ---
> Note: this is really just an RFC, happy to change the name (which is not
> great given we have KEY_ASSISTANT already), the value, anything. The
> purpose of this patch is simply to scope if this is something worth
> pursuing.
> 
> As above, because of the MS specs I don't see any (MS-compatible) HW
> sending that particular key in the immediate future. But since userspace
> is expected to implement the functionality via the Win+Shift+F23 we'll
> need a new keysym for this in XKB anyway.
> 
> If the kernel plans to add a keysym for this we can happily re-use that,
> otherwise we'll need to define our own but that means some manual
> attention if we do get a kernel keycode later.

There's nothing in the HID spec yet, is there?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry