Re: [gpm] Untangling the sleep hotkey mess

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core ameritech net>]

On Monday 09 January 2006 00:24, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 12:07:43AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 
> > Why don't we create an input handler that would feed certain events
> > from input layer to acpid via bus_acpi_generate_event().
> 
> I'm not convinced that making the input layer depend on ACPI (even 
> optionally) would go down terribly well. It also strikes me as *wrong* - 
> the sleep key on this keyboard has nothing to do with ACPI, whereas keys 
> presented through ACPI are still an input device.
> 

The handler is just for compatibility with present installations.
New installations will use the new interface, whatver it will be.
But input layer will be a hub of sorts and I am arguing for ACPI
to be converted to use input layer directly.

-- 
Dmitry