Re: [PATCH] Make Dell keyboard repeat quirk apply to a wider rangeof hardware

[Nick Warne]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:56:50 +0000
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Does this work?
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c index 22016ca..15479ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> @@ -1460,6 +1460,15 @@ static struct dmi_system_id
> atkbd_dmi_quirk_table[] __initdata = { .driver_data =
> atkbd_dell_laptop_keymap_fixup, },
>  	{
> +		.ident = "Dell Laptop",
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Computer
> Corporation"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE, "8"), /*
> Portable */
> +		},
> +		.callback = atkbd_setup_fixup,
> +		.driver_data = atkbd_dell_laptop_keymap_fixup,
> +	},
> +	{
>  		.ident = "HP 2133",
>  		.matches = {
>  			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
> 

Hi Matthew,

I see this didn't make into the 2.6.28 release, and a lot of Ubuntu
users are being bitten by it - I also assume that the Ubuntu kernel
guys will not add it until it is officially applied, and they will then
backport it.

The Ubuntu bug report confirms this works OK for people:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/285323

Nick
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