linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Route kbd LEDs through the generic LEDs layer

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Message-ID: <87wqos9nr7.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:27:24 +0200
From:	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jslaby@...e.cz, rpurdie@...ys.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Evan Broder <evan@...oder.net>,
	Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@...-net.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Matt Sealey <matt@...esi-usa.com>,
	Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	Niels de Vos <devos@...oraproject.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Steev Klimaszewski <steev@...esi-usa.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Route kbd LEDs through the generic LEDs layer

>>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org> writes:

 Samuel> This permits to reassign keyboard LEDs to something else than keyboard "leds"
 Samuel> state, by adding keyboard led and modifier triggers connected to a series
 Samuel> of VT input LEDs, themselves connected to VT input triggers, which
 Samuel> per-input device LEDs use by default.  Userland can thus easily change the LED
 Samuel> behavior of (a priori) all input devices, or of particular input devices.

 Samuel> This also permits to fix #7063 from userland by using a modifier to implement
 Samuel> proper CapsLock behavior and have the keyboard caps lock led show that modifier
 Samuel> state.

 Samuel> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
 Samuel> [ebroder@...afive.com: Rebased to 3.2-rc1 or so, cleaned up some includes, and fixed some constants]
 Samuel> Signed-off-by: Evan Broder <evan@...oder.net>

Looks good to me. Samuel, thanks for picking this up again.

Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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