ACPI "special" button device, and Toshiba specific bits

[Timo Hoenig]

On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 17:24 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:

> >  3. Finally, why does the mapping from e.g. "Satellite Pro A10" to what
> >     keycodes does what have to be configurable in an .fdi file? Why
> >     don't you just hardcode that in the toshiba addon? It's not like
> >     it's likely to change, right?
> 
> Ohh yes it is :-) Some Toshibas have button mappings different to each
> other, and some have buttons that don't exist. Plus keeping it in the
> FDI lets us re-map buttons (such as F1 = Lock) without enforcing the
> policy in the addon.

This is wrong.

The mapping for (hotkey symbol) -> (HCI value) is the same for all
Toshiba laptops.

Re-mapping keys is not necessary.  The amount of hotkeys may differ; but
not the meaning of the hotkeys' symbols.

> Richard.

   Timo