Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for more dell-wmi hotkeys

[Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 04:24:47PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:

> I've obtained one of these and taken a look at it with a copy of Win 7
> and compared with dell-wmi and my patchset applied.  This platform's WMI
> support was introduced before Win7's WMI spec was drafted, and so it
> doesn't adhere to the spec.  I think the best thing to do will be create
> a DMI table to match for keys that are only on a per system basis for
> anything before this spec was ready.  I don't expect many other
> platforms like this, but it will allow for additional granularity in
> case something in the future ever deviates spec as well.

Ok. Is there any programmatic way to determine whether a given Dell 
complies with your WMI spec or not? I'd prefer not to use DMI tables 
unless it's the only way to identify the machines - the risk is that 
there'll be something else that also uses its own codes and will just 
behave oddly until someone figures out why it's broken.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org