linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] tty/vt/keyboard: Fix Caps Lock LED on major distributions

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:25:14 +0100
From:   Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] tty/vt/keyboard: Fix Caps Lock LED on major
 distributions

Benjamin Tissoires, on Fri 27 Jan 2017 18:13:16 +0100, wrote:
> +static bool caps_as_controlllock;

Really, we don't want these.  Userspace could invent using another
modifier, so it's really not the way forward.  Please have a look at
what I suggested.

Samuel