Hi!
> I released a keyboard patch for `hot keys' and wish to bring up a discussion
> topic around it. I made the following observation:
>
> Funny/Functional Keys such as `play' and `mute' should not be
> treated as normal keys. Rather than delivering a string to be
> interpreted by listening applications, it is better to invoke
> an action when the keys are pressed.
Should not this be set in keymap?
You might want to take a look at keylink patch I created long time
ago...
> * To be able to process keystrokes that are invisible to /dev/console, a
> secondary keyboard device /dev/funkey is needed over which key strokes can
> be transmitted to a simple daemon.
Really similar to keylink ;-).
> * The SysRq key is useful, but its implementation does not conform to the
> rest of the keyboard code at all. By treating SysRq as a sort-of shift/meta
> key, it could be possible to take it out of the kernel and put it in a
> daemon. Is this considered a good idea?
No. Sysrq's are expected to survive kernel bugs.
> For your reference, the home page of the patch is
> http://home.zonnet.nl/vanrein/linux/funkey
>
> Let me hear your thoughts! Sending it Cc. to vanrein@zonnet.nl is appreciated.
>
> Bye,
> -Rick.
>
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