Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add acer wmi hotkey events support

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 10:44:22AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 11:37:48AM -0600, Joey Lee wrote:
> > Hi Corentin, 
> > 
> > 於 五，2010-10-01 於 16:03 +0200，Corentin Chary 提到：
> > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Lee, Chun-Yi <joeyli.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Add acer wmi hotkey event support. Install a wmi notify handler to
> > > > transfer wmi event key to key code, then send out keycode through acer
> > > > wmi input device to userland.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@novell.com>
> > > 
> > > Hi Lee,
> > > You'll probably want to take a look at the sparse keymap library. Using
> > > it would remove a lot of code from this patch.
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > 
> > Thank's for your suggestion, I just goolge it:
> >  http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg10336.html
> > 
> > And, you are right, it's a very good framework for keymap handler.
> > I will modify patch to use sparse keymap library.
> > 
> > I believe it already available in newest kernel.
> > Does it already in 2.6.32 kernel? Because I also need backport those 2
> > patches to 2.6.32.x kernel.
> > 
> 
> Unfortunately it is in 2.6.33 onward.
> 

... but you shold be able to add the module to your distibution, it is
pretty much self-contained. If you do so there were a couple of fixes in
later kernels you might want to grab as well.

-- 
Dmitry
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