On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:19:00AM +0800, Yu Luming wrote: > Re: dev_acpi: > The key point is AML code shouldn't be exposed in userspace. It is too ugly.
It may be ugly, but it /works/. We can't predict what vendors will do in terms of providing hotkey support in future, and exposing a limited interface to userspace would probably just result in it having to be extended later on, which again forces us into kernel patching. With my Ubuntu hat on: dev_acpi would make life a lot easier for us than the current solutions. A single userspace application has the advantage that it can be maintained in a nice cross-distribution way, and we can rapidly fold in extra support based on testing reports. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
