linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] dell-wmi: Don't report keypresses on keybord illumination change

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Date:	Thu,  4 Dec 2014 00:16:23 +0100
From:	Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
To:	mjg59@...f.ucam.org, dvhart@...radead.org
Cc:	pavel@....cz, pali.rohar@...il.com,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] dell-wmi: Don't report keypresses on keybord illumination change

Keyboard illumination level changes are performed by the BIOS, so no
events should be reported on keypress. This is already done on systems
using the legacy keymap, do it also for systems that don't use it.

Signed-off-by: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index 9d3507c..0344b89 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -211,11 +211,16 @@ static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < hotkey_num; i++) {
 		const struct dell_bios_keymap_entry *bios_entry =
 					&dell_bios_hotkey_table->keymap[i];
-		keymap[i].type = KE_KEY;
-		keymap[i].code = bios_entry->scancode;
-		keymap[i].keycode = bios_entry->keycode < 256 ?
+		u16 keycode = bios_entry->keycode < 256 ?
 				    bios_to_linux_keycode[bios_entry->keycode] :
 				    KEY_RESERVED;
+
+		if (keycode == KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE)
+			keymap[i].type = KE_IGNORE;
+		else
+			keymap[i].type = KE_KEY;
+		keymap[i].code = bios_entry->scancode;
+		keymap[i].keycode = keycode;
 	}
 
 	keymap[hotkey_num].type = KE_END;
-- 
2.1.3

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