Hi Carlos, æ äï2010-10-19 æ 02:09 -0600ïJoey Lee æåï > > As an aside, just because Windows does something is not a good reason to do it > > or expose on on Linux if it doesn't make any sense. > > > > M... We all know the wmi spec is from Microsoft and OEM/ODM base on it > to write their wmi function spec for develop their windows solution. > So, I thought we still need to reference the behavior on windows then do > our desicion on Linux. > > Especially Linux kernel response BIOS by _OSI said we are Windows OS. > > > > Either userland daemon or kernel module who want to implement the wifi > > > hotkey behavior, it need enable the launch-manager mode to disable the > > > default EC behavior on wifi hotkey. > > > > When did Acer laptops start doing this then? The behaviour they always did in > > the past was that pressing the wireless/ bluetooth/ 3G button sent out a > > scancode, and is was then the job of something else to catch that (be it > > rfkill-input or friends) and for that something else to then toggle the state. > > > > Do the current batch of laptops then just 'magically' toggle the state without > > needing rfkill-input? > > > > I will check when they start to use wmi event to replace the scancode or > maybe Acer ship wmi with different notebook family. > My 0001 patch transfer the wmi event to keycode, so, rfkill-input can > catch the keycode to work. > > I agreed Dmitry's suggestion, we just direct enable the launch manager > mode to stop EC touch RF switch. Either use rfkill-input or userland > daemon to control the RF switch, we all need disable the default EC > behavior, it causes sometimes will enable/disalbe wifi/bluetooth switch > twice. > > > (And do you actually have contact with someone on the Acer BIOS team? Because > > I've never managed to get through to anyone at Acer, so would be interested to > > know). > > > > Thank's for your suggestion, I will try to check your question. > After check. Acer moved to WMI for hotkey function on notebook/netbook from 2010. But if the hotkey have standard scan code (Ex. Volume up/down, Play/Pause, ÂK), it will keep scan code. > > > If don't want provide the launch-manager mode parameter to userland, can > > > we just direct enable it? > > > > Well, my point is more that we should figure out what we want, and then stick > > with that. I don't want to add a pointless module paramater that all of three > > people are ever going to use, and then have to support it working both ways. > > > > Like the above, I thought we just direct enable the lanuch manager mode > when acer-wmi driver detected the WMID3 available. > Also check why have default EC "raw" behavior in wifi hotkey before enable launch manager mode, That's because they want to cover end user install Windows 98 or other old Windows not support wmi. Thank's Joey Lee -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
