On Monday 09 January 2006 00:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 12:07:43AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > Why don't we create an input handler that would feed certain events > > from input layer to acpid via bus_acpi_generate_event(). > > I'm not convinced that making the input layer depend on ACPI (even > optionally) would go down terribly well. It also strikes me as *wrong* - > the sleep key on this keyboard has nothing to do with ACPI, whereas keys > presented through ACPI are still an input device. >
The handler is just for compatibility with present installations. New installations will use the new interface, whatver it will be. But input layer will be a hub of sorts and I am arguing for ACPI to be converted to use input layer directly. -- Dmitry - 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
