Return-path: Received: from aa012-1msr.fastwebnet.it ([62.101.93.132]:60905 "EHLO aa012-1msr.fastwebnet.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753617Ab1FDQ66 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:58:58 -0400 Message-ID: <4DEA644D.3030109@absence.it> (sfid-20110604_185915_088132_0ACE7EC3) Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:58:53 +0200 From: Marco Chiappero MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mattia Dongili CC: Matthew Garrett , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/25] sony-laptop: input core improvements improvements References: <4DE8FC4A.9010401@absence.it> <4DE9012E.5040207@absence.it> <20110604080717.GC7194@kamineko.org> <4DEA4D67.8000009@absence.it> <20110604164021.GA12552@kamineko.org> In-Reply-To: <20110604164021.GA12552@kamineko.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Il 04/06/2011 18:40, Mattia Dongili ha scritto: > sure it's possible but it's going to be a source of headache once sony > changes their keyboard layout again (and it will happen). Well, it depends on when, if it will happen in 2020 that's absolutely fine. ;) > Using generic key codes and remapping them in userspace where necessary > worked for more than 10 years and is still working fine. Sure and I consider to be a good alternative, but it looks to me like being another workaround, it is fine for particular exceptions that need a few remappings, but it should not be the rule, the driver extension. That's why I was asking about this change.