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Message-ID: <20151003171833.GE110874@vmdeb7>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 10:18:33 -0700
From: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To: Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] platform/x86: Toshiba WMI Hotkey Driver
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 08:32:28PM -0600, Azael Avalos wrote:
> Toshiba laptops that feature WMI events for hotkeys were left unsupported
> by the toshiba_acpi driver, however, commit a88bc06e5aec ("toshiba_acpi:
> Avoid registering input device on WMI event laptops") added hardware
> support for such laptops, but the hotkeys are not handled there.
>
> This driver adds support for hotkey monitoring on certain Toshiba laptops
> that manage the hotkeys via WMI events instead of the Toshiba
> Configuration Interface (TCI).
>
> The toshiba_acpi driver and this one can co-exist, as this only takes
> care of hotkeys, while the proper takes care of hardware related stuff.
>
> Currently the driver is under the EXPERIMENTAL flag, as the keymap
> and the notify function are incomplete (due to lack of hardware to test).
>
> Signed-off-by: Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>
Queued to testing, thanks Azael.
--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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