Re: [PATCH][v2] asus-rbtn: new driver for asus radio button for Windows 8

From: Pali RohÃr
Date: Fri Jul 03 2015 - 03:25:37 EST


On Thursday 02 July 2015 15:10:39 Alex Hung wrote:
> Thanks for the support. I will create v3 based with LED triggers.
>
> Just for information. ASUS's wording is as below:
>
> Fn+F2 can be used to turn on or off all radio capabilities in the
> device (as known as airplane mode switch). I don't have any
> preferences on the name. We may use the term airplane-mode do if
> asus-rbtn is not preferred. Let me know if there are any suggestions.
>

This is OK, but I though that ACPI ATK4001 device is some
multifunctional device, which is doing more then LED control... (At
least I understand it from your comments). So in this case I would not
call driver led/radio related. Right?

>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Pali RohÃr <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 July 2015 00:09:41 Alex Hung wrote:
> >> ATK4001 is an independent ACPI device, and Method(HSWC) is its method
> >> to control LED (actually it has other functions but only LED is needed
> >> so far).
> >
> > If this driver is for supporting ACPI ATK4001 device (which has couple
> > of methods, not only LED) it is really good idea to name it asus-rbtn?
> >
> > Darren, you as maintainer of platform drivers, what do you think? I
> > believe in future this driver will be extended to support more functions
> > and so name asus-rbtn will be confusing.
> >
> > --
> > Pali RohÃr
> > pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx
>

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