Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] dell-wmi: support Dell Inspiron M5110

["Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 17 February 2016 13:01:58 Michał Kępień wrote:
> > > > >  	/* Shortcut and audio panel keys */
> > > > >  	{ KE_KEY, 0xe025, { KEY_PROG4 } },
> > > > >  	{ KE_IGNORE, 0xe026, { KEY_RESERVED } },
> > > > > +	{ KE_KEY, 0xe029, { KEY_PROG4 } },
> > > > 
> > > > Hi! Above comment (Shortcut and audio panel keys) is not relevant for
> > > > this 0xe029, right?
> > > 
> > > I believe it is relevant.  The commit which added that comment
> > > (f1566f0d) was made by Seth Forshee to support Dell XPS L502X.  The term
> > > "shortcut key" is used in the bug report linked from that commit [1],
> > > but the manual for that model [2] describes the hotkey in question as
> > > "Instant launch control" (page 43), so I believe both Seth's commit and
> > > my patch refer to the same thing.
> > > 
> > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/815914/comments/6
> > > [2] http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-l502x_setup%20guide_en-us.pdf
> > 
> > Then please split above group of keys and add comment which key is
> > shortcut and which audio panel. Because now there will be three keys and
> > comment just for two -- in future will not know which code 0x... is
> > mapped to which key.
> 
> Please note that except for the first 5 entries, the keymap is sorted by
> event code in ascending order.

I have prepared some patches which sort all event codes plus adds
missing comments... So after all dell patches are in Darren tree, I will
rewrite/rebase my and can send them.

> If I understand correctly, doing what you ask would break that ordering:
> 
>     /* Dell Instant Launch key */
>     { KE_KEY, 0xe025, { KEY_PROG4 } },
>     { KE_KEY, 0xe029, { KEY_PROG4 } },
> 
>     /* Audio panel key */
>     { KE_IGNORE, 0xe026, { KEY_RESERVED } },
> 
> Is this acceptable?  Or perhaps you had something else on your mind?

Thats better, now we know which event is audio and which launch key.

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Pali Rohár
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