The mechanism behind keymap quirks and input handling

[Pat Suwalski]

Ozan Çağlayan wrote:
> I'm really really confused about all that stuff, if anyone can provide
> whitepapers, tutorials, faq's, about HAL and input event handling, I'd
> be very glad.

I, too, would be very interested in some information about this.

Specifically, how something like eeepc_hotkey gets loaded, how to expand 
on its functionality (for experimentation), and if all of this 
essentially replaces custom keymaps for various hardware vendors.

--Pat