linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] Input: add KEY_ROTATE_LOCK

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:51:37 +0000
From:   Brüns, Stefan <Stefan.Bruens@...h-aachen.de>
To:     Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
CC:     "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] Input: add KEY_ROTATE_LOCK_TOGGLE

On Freitag, 10. November 2017 00:34:53 CET Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-11-09 at 23:44 +0100, Stefan Brüns wrote:
> > The key has the same use as the SW_ROTATE_LOCK, but is used on
> > devices
> > where the state is not tracked by the hardware but has to be handled
> > in software.
> 
> I'll let the input and hid subsystem maintainers have the final say
> here, though I think that sending out Win+O would be easier, as this is
> already something that desktops need to support for those devices that
> send the actual Win+O key combination when those buttons are pressed
> there.
> 
> If we're going with the separate keycode, could you also file bugs
> against xkbd-common and xkeyboard-config to get the key added to the
> list of XF86 keysyms and to the default evdev keymap? Otherwise Wayland
> and X11 based desktops won't be able to use it.

Filed for xkeyboard-config:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103998

and xkb-common:
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues/55

Regards,

Stefan