Re: [gpm] Untangling the sleep hotkey mess

[Matthew Garrett <mjg59 srcf ucam org>]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:19:00AM +0800, Yu Luming wrote:

> Re: dev_acpi:
> The key point is AML code shouldn't be exposed in userspace. It is too ugly.

It may be ugly, but it /works/. We can't predict what vendors will do in 
terms of providing hotkey support in future, and exposing a limited 
interface to userspace would probably just result in it having to be 
extended later on, which again forces us into kernel patching.

With my Ubuntu hat on:

dev_acpi would make life a lot easier for us than the current solutions. 
A single userspace application has the advantage that it can be 
maintained in a nice cross-distribution way, and we can rapidly fold in 
extra support based on testing reports.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 srcf ucam org