linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-asus.c: Maps key 0x35 (display off) to KEY

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2110191117280.12554@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:17:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Vinícius Angiolucci Reis 
        <itsme.vreis@...il.com>
cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        angiolucci@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-asus.c: Maps key 0x35 (display off) to
 KEY_SCREENLOCK

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021, Vinícius Angiolucci Reis wrote:

> On Windows systems, ASUS laptops uses the "turn display off" key
> (usually fn+f6) to turn both display and keyboard backlit off. On Linux
> systems, this key has no effect at all since most desktop enviroments
> don't deal with KEY_DISPLAY_OFF. By mapping it to KEY_SCREENLOCK
> instead, would enable desktop environments to handle this key as a
> screen lock intent from the user, out of the box.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vinícius Angiolucci Reis <angiolucci@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs