linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dell-laptop: Add hwswitch

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Date:	Thu, 7 Oct 2010 22:37:54 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Mario Limonciello <superm1@...ntu.com>,
	Keng-Yu Lin <keng-yu.lin@...onical.com>, len.brown@...el.com,
	alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dell-laptop: Add hwswitch_only module parameter

On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 02:30:28PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> We have this strategy for bunch of input stuff (force release, keymap)
> and I think it works better than dding more and more DMI quirks into
> kernel itself.

It's limited to Dell hardware, so I think keeping a static list in the 
Dell laptop driver is reasonable. All we need is a list of hardware, and 
I'd really hope that Dell know which BIOS versions contain this code!

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