Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:54:12 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Map volume and brightness events on thinkpads |
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:27:11AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> I want to add the ability to add "filetrs" to i8042 keyboard ports so > that certain bytes that represent state changes (battery events, > wireless, etc.) can be diverted from keyboard serio port (and atkbd > driver) and be processed by a separate driver(s).
This seems to add complexity. I'm not sure why the input layer isn't the natural way of reporting events generated by a user pressing a key on the keyboard?
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