On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:09:48PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > But we're able to differentiate between the models. > > > > Yes. And I was told to not do it in the kernel when possible, so I will map > > by default only what is marked and working on a vast majority. Otherwise, > > I'd need a big quirk db, based on what is silk-screened on the keyboards. > > We already have in-kernel drivers that do this properly, so I'd suspect > that whoever told you that was wrong. I got tired of being told one way or the other, already. My position is simple, for now: I am keeping model-specific knowledge on the driver to the bare minimum needed for correct driver operation. But I will add it anytime I fell it is needed to keep correct driver operation. The different lenovo/ibm keymaps were added because of the mess with the brightness and volume keys in the latest BIOSes. -- "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
