linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] toshiba_acpi: Add full hotkey support

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Message-Id: <1236334909.19146.16.camel@petitemort>
Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:21:49 +0000
From:	Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@...tec.co.uk>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Richard Hughes <hughsient@...il.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	toshiba_acpi@...ebeam.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] toshiba_acpi: Add full hotkey support

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 10:15 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > I see. One other thing occurred to me. Is there any way for Hal to know
> > that the notify stuff is in place and thus doesn't need to
> > poll /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys? Otherwise it's going to poll it anyway
> > which fails to remove the periodic wakeups.
> No. Distributions should build without --enable-toshiba if they ship a 
> kernel with this functionaliy.

This only makes sense if all the rest of /proc/acpi/toshiba/* is now
implemented in proper modern kernel facilities. I noticed rfkill
switches (although I'll have to see if another is needed for the HSDPA
modems in modern laptops) and a proper brightness control. I assume
xrandr does what video did, which just leaves the fan control.

D.

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