On Sun, 06 May 2007, Luming Yu wrote: > I don't like the idea of stuffing kernel space with model-specific > knowledge (i.e. a table) even if it is in a driver. These tables > should be in user space... Yeah, I am reserving that option for stuff that absolutely must be in the driver because it needs the knowledge to do something, and so far there is nothing like that. Maybe the LEDs will require it to be properly named, but that is a very small table of exceptions, much like a blacklist. > >We deliver to userspace something like "Fn+F1" pressed, instead of "blank > >screen" pressed, because "blank screen" is in different keys depending on > >thinkpad model. > > Yes, you should generate generic key event through input layer.. It will move to the input layer eventually. Right now, they are ACPI events. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
