From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756607AbZCADyM (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:54:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754790AbZCADxz (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:53:55 -0500 Received: from static-220-247-10-204.b-man.svips.gol.ne.jp ([220.247.10.204]:39078 "EHLO smtp.kamineko.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753468AbZCADxz (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:53:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:53:51 +0900 From: Mattia Dongili To: "Almer S. Tigelaar" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.6.29-rc6] sony-laptop.c: Enable special FN key combinations for the Sony VAIO SR model Message-ID: <20090301035351.GC24964@kamineko.org> References: <1235857044.11958.40.camel@rufio-laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1235857044.11958.40.camel@rufio-laptop> X-Message-Flag: Cranky? Try Free Software instead! X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.25-1 i686 X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Disclaimer: Buh! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:37:24PM +0100, Almer S. Tigelaar wrote: > This enables the use of the FN + (F5, F6, F9, F10, F12) keys on newer > Sony VAIO SR laptops. The patch consists of two (minor) additions: one > that enables recognition of the FN + F9 key, and another that adds the > VAIO SR to the list of SNC only models (the SR does not have a SPIC). > Tested (and working) on my own machine. Thanks a lot, but a different user already submitted something similar a few days ago. I'll submit this adnd a few others later. ... > (Apologies: patch mangled on previous sent, corrected here) > As a sidenote: This is a rather 'trivial' patch, suitable for back > porting (to drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c for pre-2.6.29 kernel trees). I > believe many more of the newer Sony VAIO laptops are SNC only. I added > only the laptop that I could actually test this for though. Anyhow, this > 'array of SNC-only exceptions' is going to get longer and longer ... we > will probably have to come up with some more permanent solution to this. Yes, I know. I was thinking about just calling the extra acpi method combinations if all of the SN02, SN03 and SN07 methods are available. For now all the DSDT I received that have them also required the additional calls. -- mattia :wq!