From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mario Limonciello Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for more dell-wmi hotkeys Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:06:45 -0500 Message-ID: <49EE1945.2080808@dell.com> References: <49ECBAE2.2080308@dell.com> <49EE09D9.2060209@dell.com> <20090421183100.GA8120@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090421183100.GA8120@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Matthew: Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 01:00:57PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > =20 > > Hmm. I'll take a look over these - I was under the impression that Dell= =20 > volume control was already of the software controlled type? The comment= s=20 > about the ones that will send events via both is a bit disconcerting,=20 > but I'll check how we're handling these keys at the moment. > =20 Volume controls are still controlled via scan codes sent out by the EC.=20 This means the behavior doesn't change at all. The keycodes that come via WMI are just to inform the OS (or more specifically an application on the OS) of the volume change. On the Windows side this WMI event is used to display a volume OSD from a Dell utility called Quick Set. Regards --=20 Mario Limonciello *Dell | Linux Engineering* mario_limonciello@dell.com --------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknuGUUACgkQ2CrZjkA73YunAACfeiNAgclWhVxowWvrXfOiQpQL C1wAn1/bEo8xSu38Aqp6e27Ffcne5C4b =MG8M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB--