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Re: [PATCH 1/2] input: Add KEY_RFKILL

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On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 08:42:45PM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 07:43:56PM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> >> The reason: Some new devices come with a WPS "Push Button".
> >> And there's no code for them yet.
> >>
> > Yes, we can add a new key definition if you provide clear description of
> > what the intended use is and if we can't map such use to any existing
> > key definitions.
> 
> I found one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Setup (if you
> don't mind):
> 
> There's the relevant part: (PBC stands for Push Button Control/Configuration?)
> 
> "PBC Method, in which the user simply has to push a button, either an actual
> or virtual one, on both the AP (or a Registrar of the Network) and the new
> wireless client device (STA)
> .
> Support of this model is mandatory for APs and optional for STAs."
> 
> And there are already a few potential users:
> OpenWRT routers as well as some rt30xx, ar9170 and ar9271 devices.

Is there anything currently in works that would make use of this button?
I do not want to allocate keycode "for the future" which may never come.
We did it with KEY_BATTERY but I do not think anyone actually uses it.

-- 
Dmitry
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