From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965458AbXDBNqM (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:46:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965456AbXDBNqM (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:46:12 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]:54600 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965458AbXDBNqL (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:46:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qXRAYmE8cLC7XErBjof6EnMBK4ftWuaHDYyavw+PZbZ0CpYj1JStFLScR/PIKtqe0Onj1/7C3XvQ/tLZp75ocKZe96n9p79L/C2qIPbs593+JoNH7J5Ko60GCjOy29sowxAF9ypUblI+SWP0OCn0bXxiu8Zcd2yKnveWJBVLTOM= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:46:08 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Dan Engel" Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: add two led codes to hid input mapping Cc: "Jiri Kosina" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1175520828.12355.84.camel@monica.engel.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1175396188.7857.15.camel@monica.engel.home> <1175484539.12355.18.camel@monica.engel.home> <200704020004.51861.dtor@insightbb.com> <1175508842.12355.34.camel@monica.engel.home> <1175520828.12355.84.camel@monica.engel.home> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 4/2/07, Dan Engel wrote: > > On a side note, I'm not sure why those input key events are there. The > basic idea of the device is that you can switch KVM control back and > forth, while keeping audio on a single computer (e.g., to listen to > music), and at first I thought those key events were to feed audio > controls through from the computer with KVM focus to the one with audio > focus, so that if you're working on either computer you can adjust the > volume, etc. However, the computer that does not have KVM focus will > never receive these events, since switching KVM focus effectively > disconnects the device completely from the computer. > * Pulled out of my behind idea * It could be that the KVM allows you to limit or normalize volume coming out of your speakers so that you don't get blasted with full sound if switch from one box to another. -- Dmitry