Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 02:20:15 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: IBM T23 volume keys handling Message-ID: <20070531022015.4c1f8911@localhost> In-Reply-To: <8af9710705300532m5595a74x446bcb3463e5c80c@mail.gmail.com> References: <8af9710705280640s1b0cfd9k2d0285c06b315228@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070528235853.28839D-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <20070529135651.31cb8281@localhost> <8af9710705300532m5595a74x446bcb3463e5c80c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 30 May 2007 14:32:59 +0200
"Micha=C5=82 Frynas" <mfrynas@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Micha=C5=82 Frynas" <mfrynas@gmail.com>
> To: "Norberto Meijome" <freebsd@meijome.net>
> Subject: Re: IBM T23 volume keys handling
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:32:59 +0200
>=20
Hi Michael,
please keep the original CC intact, for the archives.
> The application you have recommended, Norberto, does everything I wanted,
> and much more :)
cool :)
> Great thanks. And indeed, there is no need to modify kernel's modules nor
> the kernel itself...
> But anyway, I'm curious, which part of the kernel's code is responsible f=
or
> handling these special keys... I'm gonna to dig a little bit deeper and
> satisfy my curiosity ;)
I believe the acpi module handles it (acpi_ibm.ko, in this case). If you ha=
ve
the sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.events set to 0, acpi will pass on the events to =
devd
as well. I think tpb talks directly to acpi_ibm , but i may be wrong.
B
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