Re: [PATCH 3/3] thinkpad_acpi: Wire unused micmute LED to capslock

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Thu Aug 22 2013 - 11:39:15 EST


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 04:02:12PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Thinkpads with a micmute LED do not have a capslock LED. The micmute LED
> is currently not used by any piece of Linux kernel land or user land. It
> seems reasonable to hook it up to caps lock, at least by default, so
> users can have some degree of functionality.

I think there's a risk of user confusion here, in that it's now possible
for the mic mute light to be lit despite the internal microphone still
being active. That seems like surprising behaviour.

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