Re: [PATCH] Fujitsu application panel driver (rev3)

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:30:58 -0400
Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On Wednesday 12 September 2007 07:38, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > This driver supports the application buttons on some Fujitsu Lifebook laptops.
> > It is based on the earlier apanel driver done by Jochen Eisenger, but
> > with many changes.  The original driver used ioctl's and a separate
> > user space program;  see http://apanel.sourceforge.net/tech.php
> > This version hooks into the input subsystem so that the normal
> > Gnome/KDE shortcuts work without any userspace changes.
> > 
> > The Mail Led is handled via leds class device.
> > 
> 
> Thank you very much for convering the led to led subsystem. I tried
> implementing loadable keymap support in the driver, could you please
> try the patch below and if it still works for you then I will apply
> it to my tree.
> 

Sorry, you are raising the bar for new drivers, higher than existing code.
It is really bad (second system syndrome), if maintainers keep wanting
new code to to more than existing drivers.

Please take driver AS IS. Go ahead and add loadable key map support,
but fix all the other drivers in the tree at the same time that use the existing
interface.