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

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Message-ID: <49F8D52C.6000200@dell.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:31:08 -0500
From:	Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
CC:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for more dell-wmi hotkeys

Hi Matthew:

Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 04:24:47PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>
> Ok. Is there any programmatic way to determine whether a given Dell 
> complies with your WMI spec or not? I'd prefer not to use DMI tables 
> unless it's the only way to identify the machines - the risk is that 
> there'll be something else that also uses its own codes and will just 
> behave oddly until someone figures out why it's broken.
>   
Not that I can easily discern.  The only relevant bit that i'm finding
is whether a key is reported as "programmable", which might be the case
for the M6300.  I'll try to look further into it to see if that's the
case here, and if that information can be flagged upon.
-- 
Mario Limonciello
*Dell | Linux Engineering*
mario_limonciello@...l.com


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