From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gabriele Mazzotta Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:53:10 +0100 Message-ID: <3160202.BXgrhrDjJo@xps13> References: <1416755361-17357-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> <20141203130023.GC75099@vmdeb7> <201412052138.17092@pali> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com ([209.85.212.173]:64501 "EHLO mail-wi0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750748AbaLEUxN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2014 15:53:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <201412052138.17092@pali> Sender: platform-driver-x86-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Pali =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Roh=E1r?= Cc: Darren Hart , Alex Hung , Matthew Garrett , "platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 05 December 2014 21:38:17 Pali Roh=E1r wrote: > On Wednesday 03 December 2014 14:00:23 Darren Hart wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 10:55:32AM +0100, Pali Roh=E1r wrote: > > > Darren, I think that if we do not solve problem with > > > duplicate key events (in dell-wireless.c) we should > > > postpone these patches to later kernel version. It is > > > better to not have such regression as it confuse software > > > like NetworkManager which is widely used. > >=20 > > OK, that's what I needed. Thanks. Ignore my previous request, > > you answered it here. I will drop dell-wireless.c and look > > for a combined solution from you and Alex for the next > > release. > >=20 > > Thanks, >=20 > And according to discussion about Side effect of pressing special > keys at [1] [2] we should not report this wireless key event (as > input device) to userspace. And Alex's driver is doing that. >=20 > [1] - http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg05922.html > [2] - http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg05924.html Alex's patch is for those laptop whose BIOS only sends a notification t= o DELLABCE when Fn keys are pressed. His patch simply translates these AC= PI notifications to KEY_RFKILL keypresses. Correct if I'm wrong, but shouldn't his patch have no effects on your laptop? If I'm not wrong, CRBT returns 2 on your laptop, so the input device is not even created. Am I missing something? Gabriele