On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 12:14:32PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > IOW, I think the thinkpad issue (and others like it) should be fixed by > splitting up the KEY_VOLUMEUP "key" into separate KEY_VOLUMEUP and > KEY_VOLUMEUP_NOTIFY key events, so that downstream user mode (and the > kernel itself, for that matter) can know whether it's a informational > message or whether it should be acted upon.
In principle I agree, but userspace already handles it. While it's certainly more correct, I'm not sure it provides any other real advantage. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
