linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Map volume and brightness events on thinkpads

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Message-ID: <20071016205553.GA28531@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:55:53 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Jeremy Katz <katzj@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davej@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Map volume and brightness events on thinkpads

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 01:48:54PM -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:

> real life example: hook up one of those fancy usb keyboards with volume buttons to
> your thinkpad. The volume keys on the thinkpad do adjust the volume, the ones on
> the USB keyboard do not - software needs to be able to distinguish between them,
> and sane defaults for these events need to not overlap.

That's not a problem - they'll be coming from different input devices.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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