Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750938AbWAKVrO (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:47:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750951AbWAKVrO (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:47:14 -0500 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:10126 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750935AbWAKVrN (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:47:13 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:47:32 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Michael Hanselmann Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , dtor_core@ameritech.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@killerfox.forkbomb.ch Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC?] usb/input: Add support for fn key on Apple PowerBooks Message-ID: <20060111214732.GA12014@midnight.suse.cz> References: <20051225212041.GA6094@hansmi.ch> <200512252304.32830.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <1135575997.14160.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060111212056.GC6617@hansmi.ch> <1137015258.5138.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060111213805.GE6617@hansmi.ch> <1137015669.5138.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060111214351.GF6617@hansmi.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060111214351.GF6617@hansmi.ch> X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1074 Lines: 26 On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 10:43:51PM +0100, Michael Hanselmann wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:41:08AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > Johannes Berg told me he wants to use the fn key alone to switch the > > > keyboard layout or something. For such uses, the pb_enablefn is there. > > Sorry, actually it's called pb_disablefn now. > > > What does it do ? Just send a keycode ? That should be unconditionnal. > > The Fn key should change a keycode always. I don't see why you would > > that to be off. > > No, if that parameter is disabled, it translates key combinations like > Fn+F1 to KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP. If it's enabled, it only sends KEY_FN. I believe a better behavior would be to send KEY_FN and then KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP when enabled and KEY_FN and KEY_F1 when disabled. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - 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/