Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Make ACPI button driver an input device

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Hello!

> Generic application does not need to know if power, sleep, or lid button is 
> pressed, so you will need to intercept them from input stream... I cannot 
> find any reason to mix these buttons into input, do you?

Neither does a generic application need to know if the NumLock key is just
pressed. This doesn't mean anything.

I don't see any reason for treating some keys or buttons differently.
A key is just a key.

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