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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:56:26 +0000
From:   "Limonciello, Mario" <Mario.Limonciello@....com>
To:     Jonathan Singer <jes965@....edu>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        Jorge Lopez <jorge.lopez2@...com>,
        Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
        Rishit Bansal <rishitbansal0@...il.com>,
        Barnabás Pőcze <pobrn@...tonmail.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Add camera toggle switch to HP
 WMI

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Singer <jes965@....edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 15:47
> To: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Jonathan Singer <jes965@....edu>; Hans de Goede
> <hdegoede@...hat.com>; Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>; Jorge
> Lopez <jorge.lopez2@...com>; Kai-Heng Feng
> <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>; Rishit Bansal <rishitbansal0@...il.com>;
> Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@....com>; Barnabás Pőcze
> <pobrn@...tonmail.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Add camera toggle switch to HP
> WMI
> 
> Previously, when the camera toggle switch was hit, the hp-wmi driver
> would report an invalid event code. By adding a case for that in the
> event handling switch statement we can eliminate that error code and
> enable a framework for potential further kernel handling of that key.
> This change was tested on my HP Envy x360 15-ey0023dx laptop, but it
> would likely work for any HP laptop with a camera toggle button.
> 

Any idea what does the key actually do on Windows?  Is it just for software
to show a message?  Or some software respond to it?

The reason I'm asking is I wonder if you want this to be emitting KEY_CAMERA
instead perhaps.

Then desktop environments that support it can respond to KEY_CAMERA.

> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Singer <jes965@....edu>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
> b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
> index 873f59c3e280..b27362209b04 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ enum hp_wmi_event_ids {
>  	HPWMI_PEAKSHIFT_PERIOD		= 0x0F,
>  	HPWMI_BATTERY_CHARGE_PERIOD	= 0x10,
>  	HPWMI_SANITIZATION_MODE		= 0x17,
> +	HPWMI_CAMERA_TOGGLE		= 0x1A,
>  	HPWMI_OMEN_KEY			= 0x1D,
>  	HPWMI_SMART_EXPERIENCE_APP	= 0x21,
>  };
> @@ -866,6 +867,8 @@ static void hp_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
>  		break;
>  	case HPWMI_SANITIZATION_MODE:
>  		break;
> +	case HPWMI_CAMERA_TOGGLE:
> +		break;
>  	case HPWMI_SMART_EXPERIENCE_APP:
>  		break;
>  	default:
> --
> 2.40.0