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Input: atkbd - document "no new force-release quirks" policy

To save people some time let's document that we do not want new quirks for
"force-release" keys in the kernel and that they should patch userspace
(udev) instead.

Suggested-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Dmitry Torokhov 10 years ago
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      drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c

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drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c

@@ -1653,6 +1653,12 @@ static int __init atkbd_deactivate_fixup(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * NOTE: do not add any more "force release" quirks to this table.  The
+ * task of adjusting list of keys that should be "released" automatically
+ * by the driver is now delegated to userspace tools, such as udev, so
+ * submit such quirks there.
+ */
 static const struct dmi_system_id atkbd_dmi_quirk_table[] __initconst = {
 	{
 		.matches = {