linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for more dell-wmi hotkeys

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Message-ID: <20090421191817.GA9419@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:18:17 +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: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for more dell-wmi hotkeys

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 02:16:47PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Hi Matthew:
> 
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Hm. But if we get the scancode, presumably we can do this anyway?
> >   
> Yes, this information might not be as useful on Linux as it is for the
> Windows situation.  On Windows, the WMI event doesn't translate directly
> into a key, but rather a userspace application makes the changes.  As it
> stands right now, the keys still don't do anything with my patch(s). 
> They're at least documented however in case someone would like to change
> this behavior at some point.

Ok. As long as there's a way of determining when a platform no longer 
sends scancodes (and so we can switch to WMI delivery), then that seems 
fine.

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