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Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: Add sysfs interface for
 touchpad state
From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org>
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To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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Hello Dmitry,

On Fri, 2017-02-17 at 11:52 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> OK, if firmware disables the touchpad automatically, then it is fine.
> 
> I am wondering about the utility of the new interface though. Are there
> already major users of it? 

Not yet. I proposed this interface because we want something like this for
Onboard. For detailed discussion, please see:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/onboard/+bug/1366421/comments/43

hp-wmi and thinkpad-acpi do provide a similar interface, but for tablet.


> If there are no users, then there is no point
> in adding it, it will stay there unused and forgotten by anyone.
> Teaching ideapad to emit SW_TABLET_MODE is more useful IMO.

If accepted, Onboard will be a consumer.

Yes. SW_TABLET_MODE would be ideal. But looking at the drive's code, I don't
know if it has an EC command for it.

- -- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs
Debian - The Universal Operating System
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