linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: keychord: Add keychord driver

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Message-ID: <20151027090552.GB12315@dtor-ws>
Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:05:52 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Bálint Czobor <czoborbalint@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Mike Lockwood <lockwood@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: keychord: Add keychord driver

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 09:47:26AM +0100, Bálint Czobor wrote:
> From: Mike Lockwood <lockwood@...roid.com>
> 
> This driver allows userspace to receive notification when client
> specified key combinations are pressed.
> The client opens /dev/keychord and writes a list of keychords
> for the driver to monitor.
> The client then reads or polls /dev/keychord for notifications.
> A client specified ID for the keychord is returned from read()
> when a keychord press is detected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Lockwood <lockwood@...roid.com>
> 
> keychord: fix to build without CONFIG_PREEMPT

Why does this need to be in the kernel?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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