Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262195AbUJZJ0s (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:26:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262196AbUJZJ0s (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:26:48 -0400 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:18307 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262195AbUJZJ0q (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:26:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:28:02 +0200 From: Stelian Pop To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: LKML , Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Sonypi driver model & PM changes Message-ID: <20041026092802.GC2998@crusoe.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , Dmitry Torokhov , LKML , Vojtech Pavlik References: <20041025152029.4788.qmail@web81303.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041025152029.4788.qmail@web81303.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1180 Lines: 30 On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:20:29AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > I'd say just allocate brand new events for all combinations and do not > worry that the default X keyboard drivers to not get them. There are > already patches in Gentoo adding both keyboard and mouse event support > to X [1] and it is only matter of time ofr other duistributions to pick > it up as well. > > I think it is sensible for an supplemental driver (sonypi) to require > some additional support form userspace and not to force itself into > boundaries of a legacy protocol. > > -- > Dmitry > > [1] > http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/distfiles/xorg-x11-6.8.0-patches-0.2.5.tar.bz2 > Extract patches 9000, 9001 and 9002. Btw, these are not mine - I have > Not even tries them myself but I have read several success stories. Got them and trying to build the new drivers right now. Thanks ! Stelian. -- Stelian Pop - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/