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Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:27:34 +0200 (SAST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.17: Dell Laptop extra buttons patch (fwd)
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>I don't have a Dell laptop, but AFAIK in the past patches like this have
>been rejected by Andries Brouwer (I think) because it is possible to do
>this from user space with key mapping tools like setkeycodes, xkeycaps,
>or xmodmap.

I can't see a possible reason _not_ to have it in there anyway, the 0
values take up space so bloat is not a valid reason. I can understand that
since its possible in userland we should leave it there, but this is
fairly harmless stuff which doesn't affect anything.

Regards,
	Zwane Mwaikambo




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