Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751469AbVLFHgy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:36:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751446AbVLFHgy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:36:54 -0500 Received: from fmr18.intel.com ([134.134.136.17]:29123 "EHLO orsfmr003.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751469AbVLFHgx convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:36:53 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [git pull 02/14] Add Wistron driver Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:35:35 +0800 Message-ID: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F840A53FC2D@pdsmsx403> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [git pull 02/14] Add Wistron driver thread-index: AcX3fHiweQJ4hUSaT8uCoYVc2QEymgCubdFA From: "Yu, Luming" To: "Miloslav Trmac" Cc: "Dmitry Torokhov" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Vojtech Pavlik" , "Andrew Morton" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , "Brown, Len" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Dec 2005 07:35:36.0751 (UTC) FILETIME=[A624EBF0:01C5FA37] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1274 Lines: 35 > >Yu, Luming wrote: >> I just tested module wistron_btn on one Acer Aspire laptop after >> adding one dmi entry. The wistron_btn found BIOS interfaces. >> One visible error is the bluetooth light won't turn on upon >> stroking bluetooth button. >> Without wistron_btn module, the bluetooth light works. >> with acpi enabled, I didn't try acpi disabled) >> >> wistron_btn polls a cmos address to detect hotkey event. It >> is not necessary, because there do have ACPI interrupt >triggered upon >> hotkeys. >There are many different laptops using similar interfaces. >It is a mess :( > >If your laptop provides the hotkey events via ACPI, simply don't use >wistron_btns. wistron driver should be disabled if acpi hotkey enabled. > >> So, my suggestion is to disable this module when ACPI enabled. >I have a laptop that needs this module (hotkeys are not supported via >ACPI), but supports ACPI. Could you share me acpidump output of your laptop? Please attach it at : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5692 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/