Re: [PATCH 32/33] input: add KEY_WIRELESS_CYCLE

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On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 11:58:29AM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 09:12:52AM +0100, Corentin Chary wrote:
> > >> This keycode could be used in a lot of platform specific drivers.
> > >> For example, on Asus laptops, Fn+F2 allow to cycle trought wireless
> > >> drivers (bt/wl: off/off, on/off, off/on, on/on).
> > >>
> > >> Currently, these key are mapped to KEY_WLAN, and KEY_BLUETOOTH/KEY_WIMAX
> > >> are rarely used.
> > > Is there any application support for such cycling? IOW does anyone cares
> > > to do such cycling?
> > On Asus laptops (both asus and eeepc) the Fn+F2 key cycle
> > (bluetooth/wlan: on/on, on/off, off/on, off/off) on windows.
> > On Linux, it only produces a KEY_WLAN keycode.
> Default eee901's Xandros cycles and even shows an OSD with BT and WLAN
> state images.
> 

You are describing the visible result. Whether it is done as a custom
policy to KEY_WLAN presses or utilizes a separate key definition - is
not known.

Anyway, we got the response form wireless developers and infrastructure
people and thyy do not care about having a new defintion so I guess that
settles it.

-- 
Dmitry
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