From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] dell-wmi: Add support for new Dell WMI based HotKey Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:36:50 +0100 Message-ID: <20090824213650.GA20695@srcf.ucam.org> References: <1251149646-13654-1-git-send-email-Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:38199 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753396AbZHXVg4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:36:56 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1251149646-13654-1-git-send-email-Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Rezwanul Kabir Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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 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 -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org