Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261555AbVBRXfV (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:35:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261557AbVBRXfV (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:35:21 -0500 Received: from gprs214-225.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.225]:31936 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261555AbVBRXfL (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:35:11 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:34:43 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Oliver Neukum Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , dtor_core@ameritech.net, Richard Purdie , James Simmons , Adrian Bunk , Linux Input Devices , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6: drivers/input/power.c is never built Message-ID: <20050218233443.GB1628@elf.ucw.cz> References: <047401c515bb$437b5130$0f01a8c0@max> <200502182223.19896.oliver@neukum.org> <20050218213428.GD1403@elf.ucw.cz> <200502182300.21420.oliver@neukum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502182300.21420.oliver@neukum.org> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1321 Lines: 32 Hi! > > Well, if you have power button on usb keyboard -- why should it be > > handled differently from built-in button? > > I see no reason. But that tells you that one subsystem should handle > that, not which subsystem. If usb keyboard has power button... I do not think we really want to route that through acpi. And what if acpi is not available? (APM knows about suspend key in weird way, but not about power key). > > trip points), and I do not see how you can do interrupts for fan > > status. Either fans are under Linux control (and kernel could tell you > > when it turns fan on/off, but...), or they do not exist from Linux's > > point of few. > > They still can have a readable rate, even if not under os control. > Nevertheless I don't think you can reasonably define what might > interest user space or not and in which detail. Well, we can say that userspace definitely is interested in "power" key ;-). Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - 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/