From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Matthew W. S. Bell" Subject: Re: Sony-laptop: unknown event - VAIO VGN-FW21L Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:39:23 +0100 Message-ID: <1251211163.4318.23.camel@ibis.bells> References: <1251154761.4318.20.camel@ibis.bells> <20090825005727.GA22986@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from vm251.contextshift.net ([85.13.250.28]:43899 "EHLO garuda.bells23.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755167AbZHYOjP (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:39:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090825005727.GA22986@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: malattia@linux.it, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 01:57 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:59:21PM +0100, Matthew W. S. Bell wrote: > > Hi, > > I get the following reports in my kernel log for key press and release > > of a "AV MODE" key. The key is situated in a set of multimedia keys > > above the RHS of the keyboard on the aforementioned laptop model. > > > > sony-laptop: Unknown event: 0x100 0xa1 > > sony-laptop: Unknown event: 0x100 0x21 > > What's this button meant to do? I don't use the original software, and the supplied documentation doesn't mention it, but it seems to be intended to be a shortcut key to a media player.[1] There is also an "S1" key in the same group of buttons that is intended to be used as a shortcut, or, perhaps, special key. Matthew [1]