Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758648AbZDUTGy (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:06:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756080AbZDUTGm (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:06:42 -0400 Received: from ausc60ps301.us.dell.com ([143.166.148.206]:36039 "EHLO ausc60ps301.us.dell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754134AbZDUTGm (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:06:42 -0400 X-Loopcount0: from 10.9.160.254 Message-ID: <49EE1945.2080808@dell.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:06:45 -0500 From: Mario Limonciello User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090409) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Garrett CC: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for more dell-wmi hotkeys References: <49ECBAE2.2080308@dell.com> <49EE09D9.2060209@dell.com> <20090421183100.GA8120@srcf.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20090421183100.GA8120@srcf.ucam.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1816 Lines: 53 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Matthew: Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 01:00:57PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > =20 > > Hmm. I'll take a look over these - I was under the impression that Dell= =20 > volume control was already of the software controlled type? The comment= s=20 > about the ones that will send events via both is a bit disconcerting,=20 > but I'll check how we're handling these keys at the moment. > =20 Volume controls are still controlled via scan codes sent out by the EC.=20 This means the behavior doesn't change at all. The keycodes that come via WMI are just to inform the OS (or more specifically an application on the OS) of the volume change. On the Windows side this WMI event is used to display a volume OSD from a Dell utility called Quick Set. Regards --=20 Mario Limonciello *Dell | Linux Engineering* mario_limonciello@dell.com --------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknuGUUACgkQ2CrZjkA73YunAACfeiNAgclWhVxowWvrXfOiQpQL C1wAn1/bEo8xSu38Aqp6e27Ffcne5C4b =MG8M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4E8FC30A4E0F432844B1FDAB-- -- 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/