On Monday 15 February 2016 18:26:24 Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On 02/15/2016 11:20 AM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Monday 15 February 2016 17:32:36 Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >> + /* Stealth mode toggle */
> >> + { KE_IGNORE, 0x155, { KEY_RESERVED } },
> >
> > Hi! Just one question, what does this "Stealth mode" means and what
> > this toggle key/button doing?
> >
> > I would propose for Laptops manufactures to revert back normal
> > nonchiclet keyboard with full 105 normal keys (with F1-F12) instead
> > inventing such useless and crappy/funny names for keys/buttons on
> > laptops which replace PgUP/PgDown/SysRq and etc...
>
> Pali,
>
> Stealth mode will "disable all lights and sounds". The event is for
> notification only. The actual change is performed by a combination
> of the BIOS and EC.
>
> There is also a BIOS setting that disables the hotkey from doing
> anything.
>
> Thanks,
Thank you! Now I can image what this line in diff means :-)
Anyway, I would propose some rule to and longer description for newly
invented hot key events which are marked as KEY_RESERVED in kernel
source code. Really sometimes it is hard to guess what it can means and
constant KEY_RESERVED does not help much more.
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Pali Rohár
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