linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] input: Add support for Rotronic silver/white handset in cm109 driver

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:37:38 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@...xsol.org>
Cc:	Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@...pelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Add support for Rotronic silver/white handset
	in cm109 driver

Hi Georgi,

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:05:13PM +0300, Georgi Chorbadzhiyski wrote:
> The following patch adds support for yet another keymap in
> cm109 driver. Rotronic silver/white is USB "Skype" handset
> sold in Bulgaria and Serbia (according to Google). With this
> cheap stuff a picture is the only way to identify what you've
> got, so here is one:
>    http://www.reset.bg/catalog/images/skyphoneusbbelihcek.jpg
> 

While there is nothing wrong with the patch I am hesitant to apply it.
Any chance we could push it onto HAL or maybe have your application to
load appropriate keymap? I know we can't do it automatically because
vendor and product IDs are the same for all these devices... It's just
putting every keymap into the kernel is not sustainable.

-- 
Dmitry
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