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From: Islam Amer <pharon@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small patch to fix included )
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:51:53 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTilT3KCeJUpG-APK0MFh2ChMlZ4qwVPhOJpHnPB9@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100610184023.GA17320@srcf.ucam.org>

Hello all,

My bios version is A08 , I see that A11 was recently released but the
changelog doesn't say much.

Which is better, upgrade and hope the problem goes away, or wait until
we have a fix that is agreed upon ?

Thanks.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:56PM -0500, Rezwanul_Kabir@Dell.com wrote:
>> Hi Islam Amer
>>
>>    I got report that "Ubuntu 10.04 + BIOS A11" was tested and the "Eject CD" key is working
>>    as expected. Sorry, I couldn't find any Studio 1555 to test myself and cannot provide you
>>    with more details.
>>
>>     Also, you may try acpi_osi="Windows 2009" kernel parameter and see if there is any difference.
>
> That's the default on any kernel that has this support in dell-wmi. Rez,
> could you let me know if the proposed patch breaks the spec in ways that
> are likely to cause problems?
>
> --
> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
>

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-10 23:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-02 21:14 Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small patch to fix included ) Islam Amer
2010-06-02 21:34 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-06-03  1:57   ` Rezwanul_Kabir
2010-06-03 20:16     ` Islam Amer
2010-06-08 10:57       ` Islam Amer
2010-06-08 16:33         ` Rezwanul_Kabir
2010-06-10 18:36         ` Rezwanul_Kabir
2010-06-10 18:40           ` Matthew Garrett
2010-06-10 23:51             ` Islam Amer [this message]
2010-06-11  0:15               ` Rezwanul_Kabir
2010-06-11 13:28                 ` Islam Amer
2010-06-11 14:08                   ` Tim Gardner
2010-06-11 14:23                     ` Islam Amer
2010-06-11 18:02                       ` Islam Amer
2010-06-11 18:35                         ` Tim Gardner
2010-06-12  1:26                           ` Islam Amer
2010-06-15 17:23                             ` Rezwanul_Kabir
2010-06-15 17:28                               ` Matthew Garrett
2010-06-24 15:09 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-09-06 19:12 ` Kyle McMartin
2010-09-23 18:43   ` [stable] " Greg KH

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