Hi Daniel,
On Thursday 31 May 2007 23:06, Daniel Drake wrote:
> This patch creates a new event system for communication between in-kernel
> ACPI drivers ("ievent"). It is simple - it should only be used to infrequently
> pass simple messages to a small audience.
>
> This is used in an upcoming patch which makes the ACPI video driver listen for
> lid open events from the button driver. I hope it is generic enough to be
> useful to other ACPI drivers in the future.
>
The same can be achieved within input layer framework (just register an input
handler latching onto EV_SW/SW_LID devices). Unless there are more users for
ACPI-specific implementation input layer might be better option.
--
Dmitry
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