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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Input: atkbd: Fix release quirk for Dell models
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On Thursday 09 April 2015 18:57:19 Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 10:54:20PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Monday 06 April 2015 18:20:56 Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 10:06:10AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Ah, indeed. Sorry, at this time I completely forgot that
> > > we are controlling this from userspace nowadays.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > No, this is not a kernel regression because it would mean
> > > that your laptop worked properly with then current kernel
> > > and then stopped working. Given that the change went in
> > > in 2008 and your laptop is a bit newer than that you
> > > can't claim kernel regression here; as far as I can see
> > > the change was reasonable for the lineage we had back
> > > then, or at least noone notified us for about 6 years.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So please do adjust udev rules, there are quite a bit for
> > > tweaks for Dell and other manufacturer's laptop keyboards
> > > there).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok, thanks for information. Maybe you can add some comment
> > to source code or documentation, that this part of code is
> > now handled by userspace. So other people send patches to
> > correct place/projects in future.
>
> Fair enough. How about below?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry
>
> Input: atkbd - document "no new force-release quirks" policy
>
> From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
>
> To save people some time let's document that we do not want
> new quirks for "force-release" keys in the kernel and that
> they should patch userspace (udev) instead.
>
> Suggested-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
> ---

Looks good for me.

--
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com
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