linux-kernel - Re: Add support for Eject hotkey in dell-wmi

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Message-ID: <20090420182848.GA3105@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:28:48 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Add support for Eject hotkey in dell-wmi

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 01:25:57PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Hi Matthew:
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 01:11:46PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> >   
> >
> > Looks good - can you confirm that it'll be removed from the normal 
> > keyboard interface at the same time?
> >   
> No it won't be removed at the same time on all machines during the
> transition period.  I've however requested to add a BIOS option for the
> machines that support this to try to enable or disable WMI support in
> the interim.

Ok. How can we determine whether we're on a machine with this support? 
Applying this patch right now will result in systems receiving the event 
twice.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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