From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Rezwanul Kabir <Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] dell-wmi: Add support for new Dell WMI based HotKey
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:36:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090824213650.GA20695@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1251149646-13654-1-git-send-email-Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com>
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 04:34:06PM -0500, Rezwanul Kabir wrote:
> Newer Dell systems support HotKey features differently from legacy systems.
> A new vendor specifc HotKey SMBIOS table (Type 0xB2) is defined. This
> table contains a mapping between scancode and the corresponding predefined
> keyfunction ( i.e. keycode).. Also, a new ACPI-WMI event type (called
> KeyIDList) with a value of 0x0010 is defined. Any BIOS containing 0xB2
> table will send hotkey notifications using KeyIDList event.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Rezwanul Kabir <Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com>
I don't have the hardware to test this right now, but assuming it's been
tested on old hardware as well as machines with the new interface:
Acked-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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2009-08-24 21:34 [PATCH resend] dell-wmi: Add support for new Dell WMI based HotKey Rezwanul Kabir
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