[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#738611: acpid: Mic mute button not recognized on Thinkpad again

[Lingzhu Xiang]

I agree with the following solution.
On Feb 17, 2014 8:42 AM, "Ted Felix" <ted at tedfelix.com> wrote:

> On 02/11/2014 11:29 PM, Lingzhu Xiang wrote:
>
>> If now acpid users change rules to handle button/f20 for mic muting,
>> and in the future udev maps something else to f20 in your case, then
>> those rules will break again.
>>
>
>   But that's a configuration file change, not a code change.  So that's
> ok.  The key is to avoid code changes at all costs.  Give the users the
> power to do what they need.
>
>   Mapping both the micmute event and the F20 button to button/micmute in
> the code limits the user's abilities.  It also hides an implementation
> detail that the users, unfortunately, should be aware of.
>
>  I can.
>>
>
>   If you can work with button/f20, then let's go with that for an interim
> fix.  Then we can consider alternatives.
>
>     Based on the particulars, I have a number of alternative solutions that
>>> should solve your current issue and future-proof acpid at the same time.
>>>
>>
>   As an example of an alternative that would move the changes out of the
> code and into the config files, we can implement a "remapping" feature in
> acpid that would allow the user, through a config file, to remap an event
> (say button/f20) to another event (say button/micmute). Then you've got
> exactly what you want, and acpid code need not change in the future when
> someone else would like to use F20 for something else.
>
>   (Thanks for copying the entire email.  My ISP's email server does not
> like bugs.debian.org at all.)
>
> Ted.
>
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