Re: [PATCH v2] dell-wmi: process Dell Instant Launch hotkey on Dell Vostro V131

[MichaÅ KÄpieÅ]

> > On some laptop models (e.g. Dell Vostro V131), pressing the Dell Instant
> > Launch hotkey does not raise an i8042 interrupt - only WMI event 0xe025
> > is generated.  As there seems to be no ACPI method or SMI call to
> > determine without possible side effects whether a given machine is
> > capable of simulating a keypress when this hotkey is pressed, DMI
> > matching is used to whitelist the models for which an input event should
> > be generated when WMI event 0xe025 is received.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: MichaÅ KÄpieÅ <kernel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes from v1:
> > 
> >   - Use DMI matching instead of a module parameter
> >   - Change flag name to improve readability
> > 
> > Darren, I am aware this patch conflicts with Andy's WMI rework series
> > posted yesterday, so please just let me know if you want me to rebase.
> 
> Thanks for the heads' up. Andy's series is longer and likely going to need more
> review from more people, so I don't necessarily want to hold this one up on it -
> unless it makes sense to include it in that series so they can evolve together.
> I'll leave that to you and Andy to decide.

As merging my patch with Andy's work is just a matter of moving code
around, not actually changing it, personally I don't feel this patch
should be somehow linked to the WMI rework.  Andy, please let me know if
you disagree, I don't really have any strong feelings about this.

-- 
Best regards,
MichaÅ KÄpieÅ
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