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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2015-04-09 09:52:31 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2015-04-11 00:03:08 -0700
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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')
-rw-r--r--drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
index 387c51f..ec876b5 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 = {
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