Re: [RESEND] [PATCH] fujitsu-laptop: better handling of P8010

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Hi Jonathan,

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:33:14AM +0930, Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> Hi Dmitry
> 
> > > This patch (mostly from Peter Gruber) against 2.6.27-rc4 (but with the
> > > interim P8010 patch from 2.6.27-rc6 applied) improves the handling of the
> > > hotkeys for P8010 laptops by passing more accurate input events back to
> > > userspace.  This is needed because the P8010 labels these buttons quite
> > > differently to earlier laptops.  As part of this, a P8010-specific DMI
> > > callback check has been implemented.
> > 
> > How about implementing getkeycode() and setkeycode() methods in the
> > driver and then using HAL to load appropriate keymap?
> 
> Sorry for the delayed response - this arrived after I left work on Friday
> and I'm generally offline over the weekend.
> 
> This could work but I'll have to do some reading to find out precisely how
> all this fits together (any pointers?).

Please take a look at drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c for a sample
implementation and don't hesiatate contacting me if you have any
questions.

-- 
Dmitry
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