** Changed in: oem-priority
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-libinput (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: oem-priority
       Status: New => In Progress

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Title:
  [SRU] Include a patch that forcibly maps mic mute key and touchpad
  function keys to F20-F23

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  In Progress
Status in xserver-xorg-input-libinput package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  == Background ==

   * Xorg does not take keycodes > 255, where Mic Mute is mapped to 256
  by evdev

   * xkeyboard-config remapped the key to F20 since this patch:
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54171 along with other
  hardware-specific hacks in hwdb.

  == Current status ==

   * We happened to have some devices having Mic Mute key untranslated
  by hwdb, typically we just add entries in hwdb to fix the issue

   * Systemd devs decided not to translate the key to F20 anymore, the
  translation task is pushed to xserver-xorg-input-libinput for Xorg.
  We would like to include a patch, so that xserver-xorg-input-libinput
  can do translation for Xorg, which we could leverage it for enabling
  Mic Mute key in future hardware.

  [ Test Plan ]

   * Find a device that does not have Mic Mute key translated by hwdb,
  starts Desktop in Xorg mode

   * Test that mic mute does not work

   * Update the package to -proposed and restart desktop, test the same
  key, the mic mute key should work to mute the microphone.

  [ Where problems could occur ]

   * Since mic mute key is forcibly translated to F20 despite of
  hardware, if there's any application using that key for other
  features, it may be in conflict.

  [ Other information ]

   * Changeset https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-
  libinput/-/commit/cb80d7f82d35f8068e06d45860ed958a948e15bf

   * This changeset has been included in plucky

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