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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>,
	Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	davej@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Map volume and brightness events on thinkpads
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:54:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071016145412.GC21749@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d120d5000710160727w3267b9a4td25d155d816ecee8@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:27:11AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> I want to add the ability to add "filetrs" to i8042 keyboard ports so
> that certain bytes that represent state changes (battery events,
> wireless, etc.) can be diverted from keyboard serio port (and atkbd
> driver) and be processed by a separate driver(s).

This seems to add complexity. I'm not sure why the input layer isn't the 
natural way of reporting events generated by a user pressing a key on 
the keyboard?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-16 14:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-15 20:45 [PATCH] Map volume and brightness events on thinkpads Jeremy Katz
2007-10-15 21:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-15 21:27   ` Jeremy Katz
2007-10-16  9:12     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-15 21:43   ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-10-16  3:38   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-10-16  8:36     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16  8:49       ` Jesse Barnes
2007-10-16  9:18         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-17  2:40           ` Jesse Barnes
2007-10-17  6:25             ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-17  6:32               ` Jesse Barnes
2007-10-17  6:39                 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16 13:00   ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 14:11     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16 14:21       ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 14:31         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16 14:40           ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 16:56             ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16 18:46               ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 19:14                 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-16 19:20                   ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 20:02                     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16 20:15                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-16 20:12                   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-16 20:11                     ` Jeremy Katz
2007-10-16 20:19                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-16 20:32                     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 15:57                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-17 16:28                         ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-17 17:35                           ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-17 18:59                             ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-17 20:42                               ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-18 14:37                                 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-18 22:39                                   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-23 15:54                                     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-23 23:34                                       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2007-10-16 20:48                     ` Kok, Auke
2007-10-16 20:55                       ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 21:18                         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-16 20:32                   ` Dave Airlie
2007-10-16 14:27       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-16 14:54         ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2007-10-16 15:54           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-10-16 15:59             ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 18:53 ` Matthew Garrett
2007-10-16 19:23   ` Renato S. Yamane

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