Re: getting new hardware (arbor M1526) buttons to work w/ acpi

[Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>]

On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 17:17 +0800, Yedidia Klein wrote:
> here is my acpidump output.
> 
hmmm, please attach the output of "cat /proc/interrupts" and
"grep . /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/*", both before and after pressing
the hotkey.

thanks,
rui

> tnx,
> --Y
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > That's interesting.
> >
> > The first question would be how to catch the hotkey events.
> > is this hotkey event routed via ACPI?
> >
> > can you attach the acpidump of this machine please?
> >
> > thanks,
> > rui
> >
> > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 13:56 +0800, Yedidia Klein wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > I've a kiosk computer named arbor m1526
> > > (http://www.arbor.com.tw/products/detail.aspx?Product_Name=M1526.)
> > > this hardware has some functions key (F1-F8) that are connected to
> > > Embedded Controller.
> > >
> > > The company do not provide Linux support to these buttons but provided
> > > information on addresses as follows:
> > > EC RAM Address 0x0501
> > >
> > > Bit0 = 1 indicative F1 Button be pressed
> > > Bit1 = 1 indicative F2 Button be pressed
> > > Bit2 = 1 indicative F3 Button be pressed
> > > Bit3 = 1 indicative F4 Button be pressed
> > > Bit4 = 1 indicative F5 Button be pressed
> > > Bit5 = 1 indicative F6 Button be pressed
> > > Bit6 = 1 indicative F7 Button be pressed
> > > Bit7 = 1 indicative F8 Button be pressed
> > > P.S. If read finish please clear EC ram bit flag.
> > >
> > > I would like to write a new acpi patch/file to the linux kernel for
> > > supporting these buttons.
> > > seems to me that the right place is writing a new file at drivers/platform/x86
> > >
> > > I'm looking for some good doc. or template for writing a new hardware
> > > acpi support.
> > >
> > > any help will be appreciate,
> > >
> > > tnx,
> > >
> > > --Y
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