Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:13:29 +0100 (CET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] Ambient Light Sensors subsystem |
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On Wednesday 2010-03-03 20:07, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:52:43AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >>> >>> Because in general ambient light sensor may have nothing to do >>> with the screen brightness. The fact that all current uses are >>> tied to controlling screen brightness is coincidential. You could >>> use it as well to turn on the lights in the kitchen if it is >>> getting too dark... >> >> But my point is, it acts pretty much like a key on a keyboard >> _regardless_. >> >> Sure, you migth use it to turn up the lights too. But how is that >> different from having a switch to do the same? Again, it doesn't sound >> that different from a key to me. > >I guess for me the distinction is that the event was not caused by an >action of a human being but by change in environment.
Power failure is also usually not caused by an action of a human, and yet, (some brands/models of) uninterruptible power supplies present these events through USBHID/input.
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