[ltp] Re: [PATCH] Set osi=Linux for the ThinkPad X200s

[Matthew Garrett]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:47:30AM -0500, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
> The ThinkPad X200s, like the X61, requires OSI=Linux for the mute
> button to work.  Without this patch (or the equivalent command-line
> parameter), the mute button does not generate a keystroke and,
> instead, messes up the sound hardware.

No. How does this work on Windows? Note that we *have* a special driver 
for Thinkpads, and it's entirely acceptable to require it in order to 
have sensible behaviour. We do not want to encourage vendors to 
special-case Linux.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org