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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2015-04-09 18:52:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2015-04-11 09:03:08 +0200 |
| commit | 8b8a518ef16be2de27207991e32fc32b0475c767 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a421d0ff47ddc24416b4cb677cd908b1c9b10d7 /drivers/input/keyboard | |
| parent | Input: ALPS - make alps_get_pkt_id_ss4_v2() and others static (diff) | |
| download | linux-8b8a518ef16be2de27207991e32fc32b0475c767.tar.xz linux-8b8a518ef16be2de27207991e32fc32b0475c767.zip | |
Input: atkbd - document "no new force-release quirks" policy
To save people some time let's document that we do not want new quirks for
"force-release" keys in the kernel and that they should patch userspace
(udev) instead.
Suggested-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/input/keyboard')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c index 387c51f4b4e4..ec876b5b1382 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c @@ -1653,6 +1653,12 @@ static int __init atkbd_deactivate_fixup(const struct dmi_system_id *id) return 1; } +/* + * NOTE: do not add any more "force release" quirks to this table. The + * task of adjusting list of keys that should be "released" automatically + * by the driver is now delegated to userspace tools, such as udev, so + * submit such quirks there. + */ static const struct dmi_system_id atkbd_dmi_quirk_table[] __initconst = { { .matches = { |