Re: Dell Vostro V131 hotkeys revisited

["Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@gmail.com>]

On Friday 03 July 2015 15:50:47 Michał Kępień wrote:
> > There are two different things:
> > 
> > 1) Vendor said that laptop models with specific DMI should be handled by
> >    code XYZ...
> > 
> > 2) Vendor said that all laptop models which report in register ABC value
> >    47 should be handled by code XYZ.
> > 
> > And we are thing to fix above facts with solution:
> > 
> > 3) See how one model reacts and from this information create specific
> >    hook for that one model.
> > 
> > I'm really against solution 3) if we already know that every model uses
> > different event handling.
> > 
> > If for model Dell Vostro V131 vendor say 1) I'm fine with solution to
> > hardcode DMI name and hook for it. 2) is of course better, but 3) for
> > lot of machines is non go.
> 
> I couldn't agree more. Here's the thing, though: the vendor doesn't seem
> to be saying anything. I guess I'll have to get over it.
> 

Yes, "vendor does not say anything" is also what could happen...

Then in your case, I would need to know format of *all* events which can
your laptop via WMI receive. If we collect as more as possible events
from different laptops we can try to abstract format/interface.

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Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com