Re: [PATCH 3/3] thinkpad_acpi: Wire unused micmute LED to capslock

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Thu Aug 22 2013 - 13:30:26 EST


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think there's a risk of user confusion here, in that it's now possible
> for the mic mute light to be lit despite the internal microphone still
> being active. That seems like surprising behaviour.

Yeah, that is a legitimate concern. Patches 1/3 [1] and 2/3 [2]
clearly make sense, as they're generic and don't really suggest any
new behavior.

But setting this behavior here as the default could indeed be a bit
unexpected. I think it's fair to reject this patch (3/3), but accept
the first two. Tweakers who have the same early boot caps-lock LED
needs as me can simply put this in their initramfs after 1/3 and 2/3
are applied:

# echo caps-lock >
/sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/leds/tpacpi\:\:micmute/trigger

Jason

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/22/310
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/22/313
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