Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753572Ab0FKOId (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:08:33 -0400 Received: from mail.tpi.com ([70.99.223.143]:3655 "EHLO mail.tpi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751935Ab0FKOIb (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:08:31 -0400 Message-ID: <4C124358.8020007@canonical.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:08:24 -0600 From: Tim Gardner Reply-To: tim.gardner@canonical.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100423 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Islam Amer CC: Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com, mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small patch to fix included ) References: <20100602213429.GA14866@srcf.ucam.org> <57DF5FDC2DC0634FA2A310BC5B81A68D01DF4CD01E@AUSX7MCPC108.AMER.DELL.COM> <57DF5FDC2DC0634FA2A310BC5B81A68D01DFD57663@AUSX7MCPC108.AMER.DELL.COM> <20100610184023.GA17320@srcf.ucam.org> <57DF5FDC2DC0634FA2A310BC5B81A68D01DFD5780A@AUSX7MCPC108.AMER.DELL.COM> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3190 Lines: 100 Islam Amer, You could try a vanilla stable kernel from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32.15.5-lucid/ to see if we've borked the dell-wmi code. rtg On 06/11/2010 07:28 AM, Islam Amer wrote: > Rezwanul, > > I've updated my bios to A11 and installed a new unmodified kernel. The > issue still persists that the eject key produces "dell-wmi: Unknown > key 0 pressed" in the dmesg output and it doesn't work. > > It is possible that Ubuntu is including patches to fix stuff. The > latest patch for the Lucid kernel at > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux_2.6.32-22.36.diff.gz > does include patches that touch wmi and dell-wmi code, but I can't > find a specific change that would fix this issue. > > I might try to selectively apply patches from it and see if it gets fixed. > > Thanks. > > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:15 AM, wrote: >> Islam Amer >> >> Please try the new BIOS A11 and eliminate any potential BIOS issues. The BIOS team confirmed that >> they weren't able to reproduce the issue with Ubuntu 10.04 and A11. >> >> Thanks.. >> --rez >> >> >> >> >> Rezwanul Kabir >> Dell Linux Development >> 512-725-0766 >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Islam Amer [mailto:pharon@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:52 PM >>> To: Matthew Garrett >>> Cc: Kabir, Rezwanul; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; >>> platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org; akpm@linux-foundation.org >>> Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small >>> patch to fix included ) >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> My bios version is A08 , I see that A11 was recently released >>> but the changelog doesn't say much. >>> >>> Which is better, upgrade and hope the problem goes away, or >>> wait until we have a fix that is agreed upon ? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Matthew Garrett >>> wrote: >>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:56PM -0500, >>> Rezwanul_Kabir@Dell.com wrote: >>>>> Hi Islam Amer >>>>> >>>>> I got report that "Ubuntu 10.04 + BIOS A11" was tested and the >>>>> "Eject CD" key is working >>>>> as expected. Sorry, I couldn't find any Studio 1555 to >>> test myself >>>>> and cannot provide you >>>>> with more details. >>>>> >>>>> Also, you may try acpi_osi="Windows 2009" kernel >>> parameter and see if there is any difference. >>>> >>>> That's the default on any kernel that has this support in dell-wmi. >>>> Rez, could you let me know if the proposed patch breaks the spec in >>>> ways that are likely to cause problems? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org >>>> >>> > -- > 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/ -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com -- 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/