linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform/x86/dell-laptop: Add another Dell laptop to the DMI whitelist

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Message-ID: <20100214154709.GA7271@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de>
Date:	Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:47:10 +0100
From:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
To:	Erik Andren <erik.andren@...il.com>
Cc:	mjg@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform/x86/dell-laptop: Add another Dell laptop
	to the DMI whitelist

> The Latitude C640 has another variation of dell in its DMI vendor entry.
> Add it to the whitelist in order to enjoy the sweet fruits of software
> backlight toggling.

Definitely not only this one. E.g. my Inspiron 8000 (P3/700) has (dmidecode):

Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 13 bytes
Chassis Information
        Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
        Type: Portable

which, if "Portable" happens to be "8", means that it would match.

So:
- do all older matching machines grok this?
- if not, do something about it? ;)

[I should probably just offer myself to be a guinea pig]

Thanks for a very interesting piece of work!

Andreas Mohr
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