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Message-ID: <20090306095623.GA6014@srcf.ucam.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:56:23 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To: Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@...tec.co.uk>
Cc: Richard Hughes <hughsient@...il.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
toshiba_acpi@...ebeam.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] toshiba_acpi: Add full hotkey support
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:47:23AM +0000, Daniel Silverstone wrote:
> Have you looked at whether or not this method functions on more than the
> one laptop? Toshiba are notoriously good at getting their own interfaces
> wrong from one laptop to another.
It's present on every Toshiba DSDT I have that has a VALD/VALZ method.
> In addition, the fn+whatever keymaps are often different between
> laptops, especially for things like the WWW or MAIL buttons.
> Presumably if the hotkeys fail to activate then the normal
> /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys thing will continue?
Yes, it'll be as functional as it was previously. They can be remapped
on machines that have a different keymap.
> How will it interact with software stacks like HAL when the lock button
> is pressed?
I don't really understand the question?
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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