From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>,
Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davej@redhat.com,
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Map volume and brightness events on thinkpads
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:20:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071016192010.GA26692@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710161208340.6887@woody.linux-foundation.org>
On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 12:14:32PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> IOW, I think the thinkpad issue (and others like it) should be fixed by
> splitting up the KEY_VOLUMEUP "key" into separate KEY_VOLUMEUP and
> KEY_VOLUMEUP_NOTIFY key events, so that downstream user mode (and the
> kernel itself, for that matter) can know whether it's a informational
> message or whether it should be acted upon.
In principle I agree, but userspace already handles it. While it's
certainly more correct, I'm not sure it provides any other real
advantage.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-16 19:20 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 [this message]
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
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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