Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757188Ab0FKOXj (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:23:39 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:35331 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756353Ab0FKOXi convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:23:38 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=EGXTPVLZ9AF7Q+5IbVH+wuGnL+cHp+JlZKVYzgrX3QIcWvx38RTX760tGwrObrC2tt af9htpl4QvlhyvHS8oeEsuRQ5NnvFQu9SfXki9fTf/uOoncxX7BjHE32IqytUT76SMiC I3T3Lu8I4lIKbH49bImJj8E5WdAxZzH8pKkAA= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4C124358.8020007@canonical.com> 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> <4C124358.8020007@canonical.com> From: Islam Amer Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:23:15 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small patch to fix included ) To: tim.gardner@canonical.com Cc: Rezwanul_Kabir@dell.com, mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3753 Lines: 122 Tim I am running debian, I think it's the other way round, the mainline kernel is borked ( regarding dell-wmi and eject key ) while the lucid patched kernel works ( as reported by dell team ). I guess I could download a Lucid livecd and see if the eject key works there ( event only as it won't eject the lived while it is running :) ) On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Tim Gardner wrote: > 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/